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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 “Results Report 2017” provides results for the period ending December 2016. In passing, the report revealed that the Global Fund is embarking on an ambitious fundraising drive to raise $500 million before the next replenishment conference.
ABSTRACT The Global Fund’s gender strategy contains a strong commitment to addressing gender inequalities, but there is a major gap between policy and practice, a new study says. The authors found that too few grant agreements contain gender-sensitive or gender-transformative activities.
ABSTRACT The communities and civil society organizations on the Global Fund Board were among many entities that applauded the outcome of the Fifth Replenishment but also called for greater investments in the fight against the diseases.
ABSTRACT When the most recent TB-HIV grants were approved for funding, it was decided during grant-making that strengthening the community component of programs would be the best strategy to improve access to services for women and girls. A pilot program on teenage girls aimed at reducing gender-based violence is being implemented.
ABSTRACT With just a week to go to its Fifth Replenishment Conference, the Global Fund has released more results. It estimates that programs the Fund has supported have already saved 20 million lives, and that this number should grow to 22 million by the end of 2016.
ABSTRACT Some of the key thrusts of the new Strategy adopted by The Global Fund Board respond directly to priorities identified by the Africa constituencies of the Fund, says Danielle Doughman. “The Strategy allows The Global Fund to maintain its role as a transformative force and a global agent of change,” she says.
ABSTRACT Protecting and promoting human rights and gender equality figure prominently in The Global Fund’s new strategy for 2017-2022. They are the focus of one of only four strategic objectives in the Strategy. This article describes the strategic objective and explains why it important in the fight against the three diseases, particularly for key populations.
ABSTRACT In its first official meeting, the Global Fund Board's Africa Bureau committed to improving participation in decision-making by the two African constituencies to the governance body and set out seven key priorities for deliberations around the Fund's 2017-2021 strategy.
