GIZ BACKUP health

RÉSUMÉ Dans cet article, Huzeifa Bodal, l'un des chefs d'équipe de GIZ BACKUP Health, parle à l'Observateur du Fonds mondial des principaux changements de la phase actuelle du projet BACKUP, qui s'étend de 2020 à 2023, et de l'effet de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur le soutien technique de BACKUP et la mise en œuvre de cette phase.

ABSTRACT In this article, Huzeifa Bodal, one of the Team Leaders at GIZ BACKUP Health, speaks to the Global Fund Observer about the main shifts in BACKUP’s current project phase, which runs from 2020 to 2023, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on BACKUP’s technical support and the implementation of this phase.

ABSTRACT A project supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH enhanced the involvement of civil society and key populations in-country dialogue in Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. The project first identified the needs of civil society and key populations to inform the development of targeted approaches. The project also leveraged the capacity of in-country partners to convene consultative forums and capacity strengthening workshops to bring together the various key stakeholders. These approaches contributed to the success of the project.

ABSTRACT Frontline AIDS published a guide to implementing and scaling up programs to remove human rights-related barriers to HIV services with support from GIZ BACKUP Health and the Global Fund. Although it is designed to address human rights-related barriers to HIV serves, it can be used to address human rights is other settings.

ABSTRACT The German Agency for International Cooperation's GIZ BACKUP Health initiative and the Global Fund led a training session for three countries in March 2020, to strengthen their in-country capacity to leverage health sector investments to build resilient and sustainable systems for health. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of robust health systems.

ABSTRACT At a roundtable on 24–26 April organized by Aidspan, supreme audit institutions in eight African countries expressed an interest in becoming involved in auditing Global Fund grant ––or, for SAIs that are already auditing Global Fund grants, in expanding their involvement. The roundtable, held in Kigali, Rwanda, was supported by GIZ Back UP Health.