Incentive funding

ABSTRACT Nigeria has failed to meet its counterpart financing requirements for 2014–2016, and so the Global Fund is docking 15% from Nigeria’s $1,137.4 million allocation for 2014–2016, which amounts to $170.61 million. The funds have been deducted from Nigeria’s ten active grants. To put this in perspective, $170.61 million is larger than what most countries have received as their total allocation.

ABSTRACT For several reasons, including that the 2014-2016 allocations were intended, exceptionally, to cover a period of four years instead of the usual three, the 2014-2016 and the 2017-2019 allocations are not really comparable. The 2014-2016 allocation period was unique because it represented a transition between the old rounds-based system and the new allocation-based funding model.

ABSTRACT This article summarizes developments concerning incentive funding awarded to Nigeria and India as part of the 2014-2016 allocations. In both cases, the awards were conditional on the country coming up with matching funds. Warning: The explanations in this article are somewhat technical.

ABSTRACT Eleven shortened grants from six countries received bridge funding in the amount of $378 million to allow them to continue providing services through to 31 December 2017. The money came from portfolio optimization. In addition, four countries with shortened malaria grants used savings and efficiencies from within their own grants to bridge activities until year end.

ABSTRACT One malaria grant to Nigeria has been extended and a new malaria grant has been approved. Together, these moves will allow Nigeria to provide essential services through to the end of 2017. The extension and the new grant will be financed by reinvesting savings identified in Nigeria’s current malaria grants. Meanwhile, Nigeria risks forfeiting $45.7 million in incentive funding from 2014-2016 if the government cannot come up an equivalent amount in matching funds.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board approved grants for 100% of the allocated funding by the end of the 2014-2016 allocation period. This article provides some end-of-the-funding cycle information on incentive funding, above allocation requests, grant efficiencies, domestic funding and the review of concept notes. It also provides information on the results of surveys conducted among members of the Technical Review Panel (TRP) and participants in country dialogues.

ABSTRACT In July 2016, the Global Fund Board approved $388 million to extend shortened grants in five countries.

ABSTRACT In June 2016, the Global Fund approved $179 million in funding for 13 country grants, of which $80 million represented new money. Lesotho and Nepal received the largest awards. An additional $3.2 million was awarded to a regional grant in Central America.

ABSTRACT In July 2016, the Global Fund approved $364 million in funding for 18 country grants, of which $152 million represented new money. Haiti and Madagascar received the largest awards.

ABSTRACT In May 2016, the Global Fund Board approved another tranche of funding from the 2014-2016 allocations. In addition, funding was awarded to a shortened grant to permit services to continue to be provided through to the end of 2017.