March 21, 2022
A new HIV variant emerges
A new HIV variant, more virulent and contagious, has emerged. This variant, known as VB, causes an early onset of opportunistic diseases, however It could…
March 17, 2022
“Unequal access to income and opportunity not only creates unfair, distorted and unhappy societies, it literally kills people.”
The fight against HIV, TB and malaria is very often focused on an exclusively hygienic, therapeutic or biomedical approach. This paper does not question the…
March 16, 2022
Community Health Program: the GF needs to properly support this component in its next strategy for greater impact
Following the case of Rwanda, one of the GF grants’ implementing countries, the Community Health Program was instituted in 1995 and started with just about…
March 11, 2022
The Global Fund Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing (STC) policy – the Co-financing from African constituencies’ perspective
The Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing policy follows the Global Fund’s principle of additionality – the GF adds to local resources to fight the three diseases,…
March 10, 2022
A commentary of The Global Fund Technical Evaluation Reference Group on primary HIV prevention efforts
Globally, new HIV infections declined by 44% between 2000 and 2021, missing the global target for a 75% reduction in new infections by 2020. The…
February 28, 2022
Where Does Zambia Stand with the Abuja Declaration?
Health has long been a complicated and tragic topic in Africa. By April 2001, Southern African Development Community (SADC) governments together with other African Union…
December 18, 2021
23 countries in the West and Central Africa constituency are working to improve the performance of Global Fund grants based on recommendations from the Office of the Inspector General
The Global Fund’s new 2020-2023 grant implementation cycle has been launched with the expectation that it will produce greater results in the 23 countries of…
December 18, 2021
African Constituencies Powerful Voice at the Global Fund because of Strong Collaboration
The two African constituencies are represented mostly in pairs at the Global Fund three committees (the Strategy, Ethics and Governance; and at the Audit and…
December 17, 2021
Highlights from ICASA 2021
The International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa (ICASA), 2021 edition was held in Durban, South Africa. Activists, scientists, community members and people working…
December 17, 2021
Moving forward to keep saving lives
Every three years, the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria holds a Replenishment Conference. The pledges thus received are used primarily to finance…