domestic resource mobilisation

ABSTRACT Jesse Bump, one of Aidspan’s newest Board members, tells us how his passion for research and justice has segued into global public health.

ABSTRACT Civil society organizations have played a major role in the campaign for the Sixth Replenishment. They have shown once again how involved they are in the life of the Global Fund. In francophone Africa, through GFAN and CS4ME, more than twenty organizations from 15 countries have conducted awareness-raising and advocacy activities at the embassies of the main public donors in the runup to the replenishment, and publicly asked their countries to participate in the resource mobilization effort. The announcements made at the Pledging Conference have rewarded these efforts: African countries have mobilized twice the amount of money compared to three years ago, and their strong presence in Lyon demonstrates their commitment to fight and eliminate pandemics.