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ABSTRACT This GFO brings you the latest on the allocation letters, which at the time of writing are due to be dispatched within the next week. We also discuss the presentation made to the Board on the Thematic Report on Gender, why we still have no idea what we’re doing when it comes to pandemics, and what major health issues remain unresolved at the end of 2022.
ABSTRACT Executive Director Mark Dybul says that although the Global Fund has had success in providing services to women and children, and in reducing infections, the rate of infection among adolescent girls and young women remains shockingly high.
ABSTRACT From February 2016 to March 2017, the Global Fund is embarking on a Strategic Actions for Gender Equality Initiative. The initiative will lay the foundation for the Fund’s enhanced focus on gender equality in its 2017-2022 strategy.
ABSTRACT The Global Fund Secretariat published six requests for proposals to select technical assistance providers for its Community, Rights, and Gender program for the next three years.
ABSTRACT Among the grants approved by the Global Fund Board on 21 December 2018 were two multi-country grants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and one in West and Central Africa. An EECA TB grant was designed to improve early drug-resistant TB case detection and treatment outcomes. Another grant will support a network of supranational TB reference laboratories in the WCA. The third grant targets HIV-related key populations in the EECA.
ABSTRACT The six Regional Platforms for Communication and Coordination form a key part of the Global Fund’s work to strengthen community engagement in all of its processes, as part of the Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative. Almost one year after the Platforms’ relaunched, in a follow up to our introduction of the Platforms in November 2017, we highlight some of the work they have produced and results achieved so far.
ABSTRACT The Global Fund’s six regional Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) platforms came together at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) to host the Global Fund Community Zone in the Global Village. The networking zone provided space for AIDS 2018 participants in Amsterdam to connect with each of the regional platforms, learn about key areas of work under the Global Fund CRG Strategic Initiative, engage with community partners that receive support from the Global Fund and discuss relevant issues to civil society and community groups. The Community Zone also hosted a townhall meeting with Executive Director Peter Sands.
ABSTRACT In this “OF INTEREST” roundup, we highlight a news article on a gender strategy developed by the Gates Foundation; a commentary on gender in The Lancet; a commentary on ending TB; and a new index to measure homophobia.
ABSTRACT In this “OF INTEREST” article, we draw attention to an interview on the financial gap for tackling malaria in Nigeria; another article about the Global Fund’s partnership with Heineken; and a guide on gender-transformative programming developed by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
ABSTRACT In this “OF INTEREST” article, we draw attention to an interview on the financial gap for tackling malaria in Nigeria; another article about the Global Fund’s partnership with Heineken; and a guide on gender-transformative programming developed by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
