GET BACK ON TRACK TO END AIDS, TB AND MALARIA IN A COVID WORLD

The Global Fund Advocates Network’s demand is clear: we need bold and decisive action. Now is the time for significant investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an existing funding mechanism with a proven track record and credibility. COVID-19 has shown us that global-level cooperation and investments are essential to help countries rapidly identify and contain disease outbreaks and respond to, mitigate, and prevent the spread of pandemics when they occur. To be successful, we also need to get back on track towards ending HIV, TB and malaria.

 

The final report from the GFAN Global Meeting that took place virtually from October 13-20 2021.  

This document is a summary of the full process of GFAN’s transition to a new host organization,
organized to describe each phase of the process, namely:

• Defining the need and shaping the process (August-November 2020)
• Forming a global Interim Advisory Committee and developing an RFP (November-December
  2020)
• Launching an RFP to solicit proposals from potential host organizations (December-January
  2021)
• Reviewing proposals and selecting a host organization (February 2021)
• Transferring administrative functions to the new host organization (March-May 2021)

The Global Fund’s 45th Board meeting was held virtually from May 10 -11 2021 with pre-meetings on May 5 and 10. This report will share highlights from the meeting.

It is impossible to capture the detailed level of rich, complex, and nuanced discussions that took place and developed throughout the meetings. This summary represents the GFAN Secretariat’s experience and interpretation of the meetings and should not be considered an official or authorized accounting of events and positioning.

The Global Fund’s 44th Board meeting was held virtually over two days, 11-12 November. With pre-sessions held in the days ahead of the meeting. The Implementers group met on the 9th of November and pre-Board briefings on the 10th. This report intends to share short notes on key areas of the discussions that we think are of interest and represents the GFAN Secretariat’s experience and interpretation of the meeting and should not be considered an official or authorized accounting of events and positioning.

Source:  The Lancet

“COVID-19 has the potential to cause substantial disruptions to health services, due to cases overburdening the health system or response measures limiting usual programmatic activities. We aimed to quantify the extent to which disruptions to services for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries with high burdens of these diseases could lead to additional loss of life over the next 5 years.”

Publisher:  GCTA

“The concept of a human rights-based response to tuberculosis (TB) is relatively new. The century-old, medicalized approach to TB did not consider the rights of the individual in planning the response. . . . With this Brief, we hope that policymakers, national TB program implementers, and communities affected by TB can come together to plan and implement interventions that uphold the dignity and human rights of all people affected by TB.”

 

Publisher: The Global Fund

“The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse the extraordinary gains made by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria partnership in the fight against the three epidemics. In 2020 we will likely see increases in deaths and new infections across all three diseases for the first time in many years as health and community systems are overwhelmed, treatment and
prevention programs are disrupted, and resources are diverted. In many of the countries most heavily affected by HIV, TB and malaria, the knock-on impact of COVID-19 on these three diseases in terms of incremental deaths may outweigh the direct impact of the virus. “

 

Publisher: GFAN

GFAN’s report on the 43rd Global Fund Board Meeting held virtually in May 2020.

Publisher:  The Global Fund

“The Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative (CRG SI) is a three-year $15-million catalytic investment, aimed at strengthening the meaningful engagement of civil society and communities in Global Fund-related processes. It works through three mutually reinforcing components: (1) A short-term technical assistance program, (2) long-term capacity strengthening of key and vulnerable population networks and organizations, and (3) six regional communication and coordination platforms.”