PWID

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board recently approved three TB and HIV grants for Tanzania, two of which have a government principal recipient (the Ministry of Finance and Planning). The third PR is AMREF Health Africa. The Technical Review Panel cited numerous strengths in the funding request, including the fact that the request identified key populations for TB: i.e. HIV-positive adults and children, mining communities, elderly persons, prisoners, people with diabetes, people who inject drugs, health workers and people living in urban slums.

ABSTRACT In its audit of Global Fund grants to Ukraine, the Office of the Inspector General handed the country a mixed report card. It said that implementation arrangements, as well as procurement and supply chain management, were “partially effective,” the second highest ranking in the OIG’s rating scheme. However, it added, the effectiveness of program processes and controls needs significant improvement. The OIG also observed that Ukraine is scheduled to start transferring responsibility for key programs from NGOs to the government in the absence of a detailed transition plan.

ABSTRACT Despite the fact that the Technical Review Panel noted the lack of interventions targeting men who have sex with men, and transgendered persons, when it reviewed Ethiopia’s HIV concept note from the 2014–2016 allocations, the TB/HIV funding request for 2017-2019 made no mention of these populations. The TRP and the Ethiopian country coordinating mechanism went back and forth on this issue during the review of the funding request and during grant-making. The TRP suggested that Ethiopia set up male health clinics where MSM could remain anonymous.

ABSTRACT The Technical Review Panel and the Grant Approvals Committee applauded the “appropriately targeted investments” in prevention programs, and the access to testing and treatment services in the HIV funding request submitted by the Philippines. However, the country’s matching funds request was sent back for iteration.

ABSTRACT In what local activists are hailing as a “very important step in ensuring the sustainability of HIV services in Macedonia," the newly elected government has ordered the Ministry of Health to budget a considerable amount of money to provide antiretrovirals for people living with HIV as well as prevention services to key affected populations such as men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs, and sex workers.

ABSTRACT This article provides information about how the research of the clinical protocols for opioid substitution therapy supported by the Global Fund, contributes towards sustainability of harm reduction programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

ABSTRACT Participants in a national forum of sex workers in the Russian Federation believe that the event has empowered their community and put them on a path towards sustainability of services. Similar forums are planned for persons who inject drugs, and men who have sex with men.