January 24, 2024
The Girl Child and Women are Precious
Empower them for Sustainable Development Care and support for HIV infected and affected weigh heavily on the woman and the girl child. Girls are often…
November 23, 2023
Catalyzing Change: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges for Community, Rights, and Gender Equality
Community, Rights and Gender (GRC) discussions share many similarities with those on HSS: progress is often slow and non-linear. Our partnership’s three-year cycle and Key…
November 15, 2023
The African Constituencies are requesting at least one additional voting seat on the Global Fund Board
The Global Fund has an inclusive governance system. However, it is it equitable? Can we save more lives with a better representation of Africa which,…
October 30, 2023
“End Tuberculosis in Cameroon by 2030” – A Realistic Goal?
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Cameroon, located in Central Africa, is ranked among the 30 High Tuberculosis (TB) burden countries in the world.…
October 16, 2023
An overview of the progress achieved by Chad as part of the implementation of Global Fund grants
Since 2005, the Global Fund has awarded over $557 million (€557.3 million) of grants and disbursed more than $425 million (€425.2 million) to Chad. Active…
September 8, 2023
Africa’s Pioneering Role in Reshaping Global Health
The African Constituency Bureau (ACB), in a strategic alliance with the Global Fund, WHO AFRO, FGHI, and GAVI, convened a side event at the 73rd…
June 21, 2023
Tuberculosis: Treatment duration could be reduced to two months
A new therapeutic regimen can considerably reduce the duration of treatment, which currently varies between four and six months, depending on the severity of the…
May 16, 2023
Africa Makes its Priorities Known at the 49th Global Fund Board Meeting
Twenty-one delegates from East and Southern Africa (ESA) and West and Central Africa (WCA) led by the African Constituency Bureau board chair, Dr. Jean Jacques…
April 7, 2023
Burundi advocates for exit from the Additional Safeguard Policy
On December 2, 2016, Burundi joined the list of countries under the Global Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy because of delays in grant implementation that had…
April 6, 2023
Burundi achieves the 95-95-95 targets in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Burundi is among the few countries in West and Central Africa to have achieved the 95-95-95 targets in the fight against HIV/AIDS/STIs, thus ranking second…