Namibia

This new issue of the GFO is devoted entirely to the 53rd meeting of the Global Fund Board, which took place from May 7 to 9, 2025, in Geneva, revealing a pivotal moment for the institution as it confronts major funding gaps, governance challenges, and the urgent need for reform. From the Executive Director’s call for unity and realism to debates over grant reprogramming, risk management, and ethical oversight, the meeting underscored the fragile balance between ambition and constraint.

This article analyses the Global Fund’s 2024 OIG Annual Report, which was presented at the 53rd Board Meeting, from May 7 to 9, 2025, in Geneva. The report highlights the Global Fund’s progress amid global uncertainty, identifies key governance-related risks, and calls for bold operational reforms to maximize efficiency and safeguard billions in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.

ABSTRACT Two staff members of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, a Principal Recipient for Global Fund grants in Namibia, misappropriated $89,476 from program bank accounts by diverting daily subsistence allowances from their intended recipients. This report explains the OIG’s investigation into what occurred and action being taken to prevent such fraud in the future.

ABSTRACT A new report on HIV prevention in Southern Africa points out that the needs of the most important population groups are not being addressed. Generalized prevention programs are unlikely to reach or cater to the needs of younger people and key populations. Targeted and increased prevention funding is necessary to accelerate change. The report provides a contemporary overview of HIV prevention funding in Southern Africa in ten selected countries. Its purpose is to support advocacy efforts that increase spending to the requisite levels and end the epidemic.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has allocated $43.3 million in additional funding for portfolio optimization to several Global Fund grants, including Kosovo (HIV/AIDS), the Middle East Response (integrated), Namibia (Malaria), Nigeria (Malaria), South Sudan (Tuberculosis), and Zambia (TB/HIV).

ABSTRACT Southern African countries with large mining communities and thus high exposure to TB risk have developed a joint approach to address screening, tracking, tracing and treatment among the highly mobile population.

ABSTRACT In the latest batch of funding approvals from the Global Fund Board, three country grants and two multicountry grants were awarded $36 million. The Board also approved funding in the amount of $66 million for interventions on the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. Some of the funding for the UQD interventions came from private sector contributions.

ABSTRACT Global Fund partners in eastern and southern Africa met recently in Windhoek, Namibia to discuss the Global Fund’s new funding model and to examine how to make Global Fund investments achieve the greatest possible impact.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has approved Phase 2 funding for a Round 2 malaria rolling continuation channel grant in Namibia for which the principal recipient is the National Malaria Control Programme.

ABSTRACT The Office of the Inspector General has released three more reports, two on audits in Namibia and Kyrgyzstan, and one on a diagnostic review in the Caribbean.