eAST aFRICA

ABSTRACT Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have the highest prevalence rates of HIV globally, and dedicated on average 4.6% of their Global Fund HIV/AIDS grants for prevention among adolescents and youth for the 2018-2021 implementation period. This proportion is small considering the disproportionate toll HIV takes among adolescents and youth; while they represent 20.2% of the total population in the two regions, they contributed 36.3% to new HIV infections in 2017.

ABSTRACT A delegation of East Africans visited harm reduction facilities in China to learn about their approach take-home methadone for people who use drugs, for possible application at home. The exchange was organized via the Global Fund’s multi-country harm reduction grant in East Africa, which is coming to an end this year.

ABSTRACT A new report released by the Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organizations (EANNASO) measures the impact of civil society consultations on the final concept notes submitted. Notes submitted by Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe were examined for how responsive they were to priorities identified by civil society during country dialogue.

ABSTRACT Needle exchange and opioid substitution therapy programs are a small but resourceful response to a growing threat of injected drug use (IDU) in sub-Saharan Africa, which is beginning to drive the HIV epidemic and threatens to undermine the investment in reducing the burden of disease.

ABSTRACT Two proposals from East and Southern Africa that emphasize community system strengthening are among 16 regional applications projected to be submitted on 30 January. The approved proposals will claim a share of the $200 million set aside for regional programs by the Global Fund Board.

ABSTRACT Dr Gemma Oberth says that under the NFM, there are promising improvements in the way African countries are focusing on key populations, aligning requests for funding with the concentrated HIV epidemics at home.