chad

ABSTRACT Following on from an earlier GFO article on the appetite for risk, we argue that challenging operating environments need additional flexibilities to meet their very specific circumstances; added risk for the Global Fund, maybe, but examples from West and Central Africa show that the pay-offs can be considerable.

ABSTRACT Results from Phase 1 of the multi-donor Joint Learning Agenda on Health Financing and Universal Health Coverage were presented at a recent webinar. This innovative capacity building program is aimed at civil society in ten Anglophone and ten Francophone countries and aims to build community capacity to advocate for greater domestic resources allocations for health. The need to empower communities to advocate strongly for bigger health budgets will be even more important in this Seventh Replenishme

ABSTRACT Following an audit of Global Fund grants in the Chad, the Office of the Inspector General has determined that measures put in place under the Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy have helped “to reduce, but not sufficiently mitigate, significant financial and programmatic risks.” Although Chad has received extra flexibility and capacity building in light of its classification as a challenging operating environment, significant weaknesses remain, the OIG said. The OIG and the Secretariat have agreed on four management actions to be implemented by the end of this year.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has approved a total of up to $40.5 million to extend a malaria grant in Chad, a TB grant in Papua New Guinea, two TB grants in Kenya, and two malaria grants in Mozambique. All four were interim applicants under the new funding model.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund has lifted its temporary suspension of two grants to Chad.http://newsletter.aidspan.org:8081/wp-admin/post-new.php#category-add

ABSTRACT The Fund has temporarily suspended its two grants to Chad because of evidence of misuse of funds and because of inadequate capacity by the Principal Recipient and Sub-Recipients.