Philippines

ABSTRACT In the latest batch of funding approvals from the Global Fund Board, three country grants and one multi-country grant received a total of $18.0 million in funding for initiatives on the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. The multi-country grant additional investment was funded by a private sector contribution, and the three country grants’ additional investments through portfolio optimization.

ABSTRACT In March, the Global Fund Board approved two country grants and awarded supplementary funding to a third. Egypt, a non-CCM applicant, received a new TB/HIV grant. The Board also approved a multi-country grant for the Caribbean region, and five sets of interventions from the Register of Unfunded Quality Demand.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has provided funding for some interventions from the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. The funding has been added to an existing malaria grant in Burundi and an existing TB grant in Philippines. This is the first set of interventions from a portfolio optimization exercise conducted by the Secretariat for the 2017–2019 allocation cycle. The additional resources come from funding designated by the Audit and Finance Committee as being available for portfolio optimization.

ABSTRACT SHIFT is a two-year regional advocacy program in Southeast Asia that aims to empower civil society organizations and key population communities to advocate for sustainable HIV financing. The four countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, all of which have started to plan for transition away from Global Fund support.

ABSTRACT Three years after terminating its grant agreements with the Tropical Disease Foundation, principal recipient for five grants in the Philippines, following a finding by the Office of the Inspector General of $1.77 million in “unauthorised expenditures,” the Global Fund has reversed its demand that the funds need to be repaid.