disease burden

ABSTRACT The only really significant change to the Eligibility Policy adopted by the Board is that there are new metrics and thresholds used to determine TB disease burden. Income levels and disease burden are still the main determinants of whether a country and its components are eligible for funding. The Global Fund will continue to use gross national income per capita as the indicator of economic capacity.

ABSTRACT The Strategy Committee has been reviewing the current Eligibility Policy with a view to proposing a revised policy to the Board in May 2018. The committee prepared a paper for the Board meeting just completed in which it provided its current thinking on key provisions of the policy. The committee favors keeping GNI per capita to measure income. And it believes that emergency funding for ineligible countries (such as Venezuela) should be addressed outside the policy.

ABSTRACT The Secretariat has posted a spreadsheet on its website showing the 2017-2019 allocations. In this article, we provide some highlights.

ABSTRACT In its final report released last week, the Equitable Access Initiative recommended that a multi-criteria framework be used instead of World Bank income level classifications in policies affecting eligibility for funding and the allocation of resources. The recommendations apply to all donors, not just the Global Fund.

ABSTRACT In June 2016, the Strategy Committee determined the process to be used to make qualitative adjustments to the initial allocations derived from the application of the disease burden/income level formula. An article in GFO 301 described the two stages of the process: epidemiological considerations and holistic adjustment. In this article, we provide information on the parameters being used to make the adjustments.

ABSTRACT In June 2016, the Strategy Committee determined the process to be used to make qualitative adjustments to the initial allocations derived from the application of the disease burden/income level formula. This article describes the two stages of the process: epidemiological considerations and holistic adjustment. Information on the parameters used to make the adjustments will be provided in a separate article in GFO 302.

ABSTRACT The new allocations methodology will lead to significant increases in funding for some regions and diseases, and significant decreases in others. This article explores the implications.

ABSTRACT Civil society organizations have argued that the decision to shift more resources to low-income countries will harm key populations in upper-middle-income countries, especially marginalized groups such as sex workers, men who have sex with men and persons who inject drugs. They are urging the GlobalFund to lead a coordinated effort to develop transition plans for affected countries.

ABSTRACT Over the period 2010 – 2012, the Global Fund appears to have met almost 40% of total expenditure, as reported by the national Tuberculosis programmes in the 17 non BRICS high burden countries. The average total cost per notified case in these countries was $79, of which the Global Fund support averages out at $31 per case per year.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund has announced the amount each eligible country will be able to access over the 2014-2016 period to respond to the disease burdens in their countries. The integration of existing funding with ‘new’ funds raised during the Fourth Replenishment has resulted in disappointment and frustration at the country level.