Grant application

ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has approved three Round 7 proposals whose original rejection had been appealed by the applicants. The newly approved proposals are from Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Zambia.

ABSTRACT The effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is well known but its availability has reached a turning point. Access to PrEP, previously solely targeted at men who have sex with men, is now being offered to women, primarily in Western countries. Some pioneering African countries are now offering PrEP to female sex workers, transgender people and the sexual partners of people who inject drugs. Three organizations in Mali, Mauritius and Morocco have developed a community project offering PrEP to HIV-exposed women. It provides women with tailored, sustainable services, combining research, advocacy and implementation. It shows real promise of success and has potential for scale up and replication.

ABSTRACT With just a week to go to its Fifth Replenishment Conference, the Global Fund has released more results. It estimates that programs the Fund has supported have already saved 20 million lives, and that this number should grow to 22 million by the end of 2016.

ABSTRACT The Technical Review Panel says that incentive funding is not meeting its goals and is creating additional burdens for applicants under the new funding model. The panel recommends that the money be reallocated to countries where the most lives will be saved. In addition, the TRP calls for the allocation methodology to be revised for the next allocation period.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund has released the list of countries eligible to apply for a share of the $12 billion raised in the fourth replenishment cycle to fund activities in each of the four components: HIV, TB, malaria and health systems strengthening.

ABSTRACT New funding model early-applicant El Salvador has chosen sub-recipients representing key populations for its $23.1 million HIV grant.

ABSTRACT Read about the Global Fund’s decision in December 2013 to approve funding for some interim applicants and to renew funding for some grants.

ABSTRACT Incremental funding of up to $253.8 million was approved for the renewal of 16 grants for 13 applicants. The largest awards were for two malaria grants in Kenya, a TB grant in Somalia and a health systems strengthening grant in Viet Nam.

ABSTRACT Funding of up to $53.3 million was approved for three interim applicants under the new funding model, bringing to 40 the number of applicants awarded interim funding of 48 invited to apply when the transition phase of the new funding model was launched.

ABSTRACT The Secretariat expects that about half of all applications for the 2014–2016 allocation period will be submitted in 2014.