National Malaria control Program

ABSTRACT Acknowledging that there are implementation challenges associated with a Mali malaria grant that it recently recommended for approval, the Grant Approvals Committee said that it welcomed the Secretariat’s plans “to identify bottlenecks, and holistically review and harmonize the controls in place with the aim of balancing risk mitigation and effective grant implementation.” The concern about balancing risk mitigation and grant implementation has been raised before in other grants.

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 Kate Macintyre pays tribute to Dr Tewolde Gebremeskel, head of the National Malaria Control Program in Eritrea, who died recently.