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ABSTRACT Africa’s health and finance ministers met in Ethiopia to develop strategies to boost national health spending, ahead of a global push for meaningful efforts for better domestic financing for health across the developing world tied to the Global Fund’s replenishment meeting in Washington in December.
ABSTRACT Tommy Thompson of the US and Lennarth Hjelmåker of Sweden are expected to stand for election as Chair of the Global Fund's Board. GFO presents here some interview questions for the candidates.
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic sparked an overall increase in development assistance in 2020 as donor countries raised billions of dollars to address the health, social and economic impacts of the disease. However, some countries whose economies have shrunk significantly, such as the United Kingdom, reduced their aid funding. It is still not clear how the pandemic will affect aid in 2021 and beyond as the Thibou donor countries continue to prioritize their domestic responses and rebuild their economies.
ABSTRACT The G7 countries, the world’s most advanced economies – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – are the Global Fund’s largest donors, and their contributions account for approximately 79% of all the funds raised by the Global Fund thus far. Their contributions have increased steadily since the Global Fund’s inception. So far, five of the seven countries – Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – have announced their pledges for the 2020-2022 replenishment cycle, most of which have increased by about 15% relative to the last replenishment.
ABSTRACT On October 11, 2018, a bipartisan group of 18 U.S. senators urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Administration to increase the United States’ pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2020-2022. The U.S. pledged $4.3 billion for the last three-year funding cycle in 2016.
ABSTRACT If U.S. President Donald Trump had his way, $425 million would be cut from the United States’ planned $1.35 billion contribution to the Global Fund for the next fiscal year, 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019. All told, the administration’s proposed budget contains cuts of over $1 billion for global AIDS programs, but it has little or no chance of becoming law.
ABSTRACT On the eve of Inauguration, some of the key statements and actions of United States President-elect Donald Trump are reviewed for relevance and potential impact on US investments in global health, including campaign comments, cabinet nominations, and the HIV track record of Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
ABSTRACT This article provides a summary of a live event held on 6 October 2016 in which US and South African government officials and others discussed the future of US financing for global health, with an emphasis on HIV, TB, and Malaria.
ABSTRACT There is just over a week left until the Global Funds Fifth Replenishment Conference. This articles provides a round-up of the latest developments. The U.S. has pledged up to $4.3 billion; in the last replenishment, it contributed $4.1 billion.
ABSTRACT Africa’s health and finance ministers met in Ethiopia to develop strategies to boost national health spending, ahead of a global push for meaningful efforts for better domestic financing for health across the developing world tied to the Global Fund’s replenishment meeting in Washington in December.
