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Jul 2022 Report on GFAN Global Strategy Meeting – Berlin, 2022 +
Our 2022 GFAN Global Strategy Meeting took place over three days from 31 May–2 June 2022. We brought together some 70 people from around the world to join us in person in Berlin, Germany, with 35 others participating virtually for at least part of the meeting. It was our first in-person event since 2020!
We focused primarily on issues associated with resource mobilization for the Global Fund and the role of GFAN in supporting such efforts locally, regionally and globall for the 7th replenishment.Find our full meeting report here.
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Jun 2022 Letter to UK Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary & Others on UK Global Fund commitment ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting +
Open Letter
Dear Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and representatives of the UK Government,
Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), as over 360 civil society organisations from across the Commonwealth, we urge the UK Government to continue its strong partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund). Twenty years ago, in an act of extraordinary global leadership and partnership with many Commonwealth members, the UK Government co-founded the Global Fund. We welcome that the UK Government’s recently published International Development Strategy recognises that the Commonwealth and multilateral organisations are essential partners in achieving the UK’s goals.
The impact of Global Fund investments in the Commonwealth and beyond are profound. The Global Fund has helped to save over 44 million lives and the combined death rate from the three diseases has reduced by more than half in the countries in which the Global Fund invests in. The Global Fund provides over $4 billion in grants each year and about half of that goes to Commonwealth countries.
At the 2018 CHOGM hosted by the UK Government, leaders committed to halving malaria by 2023. Despite the Global Fund’s rapid and determined response, COVID-19 has severely impacted hard-won gains against malaria, other infectious diseases and health systems. For the first time in 20 years, malaria cases and deaths increased last year. Securing at least $18bn for the Global Fund would get us back on track and avert more than 450 million HIV, TB and malaria infections or cases. Malaria deaths will decrease by 62% and malaria will be eliminated from an additional six countries by 2026. If we are to stay true to commitments from the 2018 CHOGM, renewed UK partnership with the Global Fund will be critical.
We applaud the UK’s leadership and commitment to gender equality and women’s rights as demonstrated in the new International Development strategy. Continued high level Global Fund investment will be critical in delivering on this. Women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by ill health as a result of AIDS, TB and malaria. For example, opportunistic infections resulting from HIV are the leading cause of death of women of reproductive age globally and around one third of all pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from malaria. The Global Fund is one of the most impactful investments that the UK Government makes in supporting women and girls. About one-third of Global Fund investments directly benefits Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The Global Fund’s focus on gender equality and its SRHR related investments cut across disease programmes, health systems, and rights interventions. Therefore, the Global Fund is arguably the largest multilateral provider of grants to improve the health and wellbeing of girls and women in all their diversity globally. Thanks to the Global Fund’s investments, more than 85% of pregnant women living with HIV now have access to medicine to prevent transmitting HIV to their babies, and in 2020 the Global Fund supported 11.5 million pregnant women to receive preventive therapy for malaria. Getting to at least US$18 billion could enable the Global Fund partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in most affected countries by 72%. Failing to meet the Global Fund’s target of a 30% increase to contributions from the Sixth Replenishment will jeopardise any gains made and will have devastating impacts for women and girls the world over.
The Global Fund also delivers impact in challenging operating environments. Countries facing conflict or other crises receive about one third of Global Fund investments. This work is all the more important in the face of a crisis, like Tropical Cyclone Ana in Malawi and Mozambique; and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prior to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the Global Fund had invested $850m in the country, where HIV and TB rates – particularly multidrug-resistant TB – are some of the highest in Europe. Global Fund investments have helped to reduce new HIV infections to around a third of the number in 2002, and almost halved the number of people living with TB. Additional funding was mobilised in less than a week by the Global Fund to ensure that, through the course of the war, people living with HIV and TB are still able to receive the essential services and treatment to reduce the spread of infectious diseases across the region.
As the past two years have shown, we need to build stronger and more resilient health systems to fight future pandemics. The Global Fund currently invests $1.5bn a year in strengthening health and community systems and pandemic preparedness. The Global Fund plans to increase this to $2bn over the period of 2023-26. This will enable the Fund to support countries to build more effective health systems that are better able to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats.
Given the Global Fund’s critical role in reducing disease incidence, building health systems and strengthening systems to respond to pandemics, these investments are key in advancing Commonwealth countries’ economic development and trading partnerships. Every dollar invested for the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment will result approximately in US$31 in health gains and economic returns.
The target for the Seventh Replenishment for at least US$18 billion will get the world back on track towards ending AIDS, TB and malaria, strengthen health and community systems, and prepare for future pandemics. To meet this goal and save a further 20 million lives, the Global Fund is asking all donors to increase their pledges in national currency by 30%. Across the Commonwealth, Governments are stepping up their commitments to the Global Fund. The United States (U.S.) has pledged US$6 billion but each $1 from the United States must be matched with $2 from other donors. Every £100 million short of this $18bn goal would leave £50 million of U.S. funding on the table.
A 30% increase to the UK’s contribution at the Sixth Replenishment equates to approximately an additional £140 million per year from current investments. This investment would help to save 2.6 million lives between 2024 and 2026 and avert more than 59 million infections or cases. We urge the UK Government to step up to Fight For What Counts, and stand with its Commonwealth allies in the fight to end epidemics.
Yours sincerely,
Global Fund Advocates Network, with support from:
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krishnagiri district living with HIV/AIDS Welfare society (KDAS+) Aadhar NAP+ BHAUUDESHIYA Santha Amravati Kushinagar welfare for people living with AIDS Society Act of Kindness Lady Mermaid Empowerment Centre Action against NCDs in Eswatini Lakshya Trust Action for Animal Health Lanka Plus Adhar Bahuuddeshiya sanstha Amalner jalgaon Lean on Me Foundation Advantage Africa Lesotho Council of NGOs Advocacy Initiative for Development (AID) Life Building Awareness Initiative (LIBAI) Advocacy Network Africa (AdNetA) Life care society for underprivileged (HP) Africa Japan Forum Love Life Society African Network of Adolescents and Young Persons Development (ANAYD) Madhira Institute Afrihealth Optonet Association (CSOs Network) Malaria Consortium Afrocab Treatment Access Partnership Malaria No More UK Agra Positive People Welfare society, AGRA Malaria Youth Army Champion AHF Kenya MAMATA Ahfco Mau Positive Network of People living with HIV/AIDS Society AIDS Healthcare Foundation MDG Achieving Organization AIDS Healthcare Foundation – South Africa Meera Foundation AIDS Healthcare Foundation – Zimbabwe Mithuru Mithuro Movement AIDS Healthcare Foundation – Malawi Moradabad Network Positive Welfare society Aids Healthcare Foundation – Kenya Most At Risk Populations’ Society in Uganda Aids Orphan UK Trust Mothers Initiatives Africa Aidspan Nalgonda Youth positive society people living HIV/AIDS (NYPS+) All Nations Hope Network Nari Matree (NM) Allahabad network for people living with HIV /AIDS society prayagraaj NATAB Alliance for Sustainable Development Organization (ASDO) National Advocacy Key Population Advocacy Consortium Ambassadors for youths and adolescent reproductive health program National Anti Tuberculosis Association Of Bangladesh(NATAB) Approche Participative, Développement et Santé de Proximité (APDSP) National Coalition of PLHIV in India (NCPI+) Arena of Hope and Change Foundation National Transgender Network Sri Lanka Ashar Alo Society Network for chennai People Living with HIV/AIDS (NCP+) Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio e Intervención en Drogas (ACEID) Network for Positive People in Trichy (NPT+) Association Camerounaise pour l’épanouissement et l’autonomisation des personnes vulnérables Network of Aurangabad By People Living with HIV Association Féminine Vision Positive “AFVIPO” Network of Hingoli by people living with HIV Hingoli ASSOCIATION FEMMES ET ENFANTS Network of Kolhapur by People living with HIV/AIDS Association for prevention of Septic Abortion, Bangladesh (BAPSA) Network of Maharashtra by People Living with HIV/AIDS (NMP+) Association For Promotion Sustainable Development Network Of Parbhani Distrct By People Living With HIV/AIDS Association of TB people .In Network of PLHIV(NOP+), Azamgarh positive network of people living with HIV/AIDS Society ONE Campaign Baba Azimi Foundation (BAF) Ontario Positive Asians (OPA+) BAMANEH Organization of African Youth-Kenya Banaras Network for Positive People Living with HIV/AIDS Society OSER HUMANITAIRE Bandhu Social Welfare Society (Bandhu) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Initiative(OLPHI) BAPSA Outreach Scout Foundation Barakabaho Foundation Pace-Setter For Development of Rural Communities Initiative BGMEA TB Control Project PacificwinPacific Bhilwara Network for people living with HIV/ AIDS sansthan pali marwar network for people living with hiv sansthan pali Bihar Network For People Living With HIV/AIDS Society Pamoja TB group Bikaner Network for Peoples Living With HIV Sansthan(BNP+) Paribar Kallayn Samity (PKS) Bishnu PARIVARTAN FOUNDATION-AHMEDABAD & GUJARAT STATE NETWORK OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. BKMEA TB Control Project Pentecostal Advocates for Socio-Economic Development (PENASED) Blood Patients Protection Council Kerala People living with HIV AIDS-PLAS Lyantonde Blossomtrust People’s Health Movement – Kenya Blue Cross Nyatike Community Development Programme People’s Health Movement Tanzania (PHM Tanzania) Botswana Network on Ethics, Law & HIV/AIDS (BONELA) Perambalur District Network For HIV Positive People (PDNP+) BRAC Persatuan Insaf Murni Malaysia Building Capacities for Better Health in Africa Cameroon Pete Activist who living with HIV. Canadian AIDS Society Phenomenal Youths Association Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases PILS Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health PIME Sisters Khulna Canadian Positive People Network (CPPN) PNG National Key Population Advocacy Consortium Carelink Resource Foundation (CRF) Positive Action Against Poverty (PAAP) Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) Positive Malaysian Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG+) Catholics for AIDS Prevention and Support (CAPS) Positive Society Women Network CEHRDF UK Positive Young Women Voices Center for Media Advocacy for Mother and Child (CAMAC) Pratapgarh network for people living with HIV/AIDS Centre for Environment, Human Rights & Development Forum – CEHRDF prayas network of positive people welfare society(PNPP) Centre For Health Rights Cbo Prevention Access Campaign Centre for Healthworks,Development and Research Initiative(CHEDRES) Princess of Africa Foundation Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa PT Foundation Child Way Uganda Public Health International Consulting Center (PHICC) Child/Women Welfare Foundation Pudukkottai District HIV Positive people Welfare Society (PDPS+) Children and Young People Living dor Peace(CYPLP) Puthuvai Cluny Social Service Trust CHISA Rainbow Mirrors Uganda Christ Soldiers Foundation Rainbow TB forum Christian Fellowship and Care Foundation Rajarata Gami Pahana Churu Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS Sansthan Rajmala Welfare Society, India’s Diverse Chamber CILSIDA RDRS Bangladesh CITAMplus Regional Centre for International Development Corporation Citizens Climate International Rekat Peduli Indonesia Citizens Concern Africa (CICOA) Resource Integration Centre (RIC) Civil Society Movement against TB Restless Development Coimbatore Network for Positive People (CNP+) Results Australia Communities in Development Activities (COIDA) Results Canada Commonwealth HIV & AIDS Action Group RESULTS Korea Community Social Development Foundation RESULTS UK Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD). ROALP-TOGO Council of People Living with HIV AIDS of Kerala (CPK+) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Cuddalore District HIV Positive Society (CDS +) Rujewa Integrated Efforts to Fight Poverty(RIEFP) Damien Foundation Rural Integrated Development Initiative Delhi Users’ Network Rural Mother and Gender Care Initiative Deoria network for people living with AIDS Society SAF-TESO Development for Peace Education Salamander Trust Dhaka Ahsania Mission Sanjeevan Bahu-udeshiya Samaj Seva Sanstha, Nagpur Dharmapuri District HIV Positive Welfare Society (DDPWS+) Sarthi Kalyankari Sanstha Bhandara (NBP+) Dindigul District HIV Positive Society (DDS+) SASOD Guyana Diversity And Solidarity Trust Sri Lanka Saviya Development Foundation Dr Uzo Adirieje Foundation (DUZAFOUND) Self Help And Development Everywhere (SHADE SL). Eastern Africa National Network of AIDS and Health Services Organization (EANNASO) Siddharth Nagar welfare for people living with HIV/AIDS Society Basti EATHAN – East Africa Trans Health & Advocacy Network Sisterhood for Health Equality Zambia (SHEZ) Elles Cameroun Sk. Khurshid Anwar ELOHIM FOUNDATION, NIGERIA. Social Linkages for Youth Development and Child Link Emonyo Yefwe International Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN) Empire Plus Network SOLDIS “Solidarité pour le Développement et les Initiatives de Santé Publique” Equality for All Foundation Jamaica Sophia Forum Eswatini Coalition on TB Southern African Miners Association (SAMA) Fédération nationale des organisations de santé de Côte d’Ivoire (FENOS-CI) SRHR HUBS TORONTO Foundation for Environmental Watch Stop TB Canada Friends Frangipani Inc-PNG STOPAIDS Frontline AIDS Strategic Alliance for Research and Development Geeta Mahila uthan ssmiti Strategic Poverty Alleviation Systems–SPAS Génération Maastricht Subrang Society George House Trust Success Capital Organisation GFAN Africa Sustainable Impact for Development in AFrica (SIDAF) Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Malaria Swaziland Network of Young Positives Gift Of Hope Foundation Synergy Care Development Initiative Girls Advocacy Network- Ghana TackleAfrica GLEF Foundation Tamilnad Network of Positive People Global Citizen Tamilnadu Positive Women Network (TPWN+) Global Network of Sex Work Projects Tanzania AIDS Forum Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+ Global) Tanzania Child and Youth Rescue Organization (TCYRO) Global TB Prevention Justice Collaborative (GTPJC) Tanzania Community Health Information and Support (TaCHIS) GNP+ Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS Good Health Community Programmes TB Alert Grassroots Development Initiatives Foundation-Kenya (GRADIF-Kenya) TB Alert India Gujarat state network of people living with HIV AIDS GSNP TB women Global Guruprasad TBPPM Learning Network Hadoti Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS Samiti Kota Thanjavur district network of positive people TDNP+ Harm Reduction Zambia Network The Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry(CSYM HUDUMA)Tanzania Hathras positive peoples welfare society The Coalition for Health Research and Development (CHReaD) Health Care Community of Positive Peoples, Ambajogai The Leprosy Mission International-Bangladesh (TLMI-B) Health for Children Organization The Reformed Drug and Substance Abuse Initiative (REDSAI) HEED Bangladesh Thuchila Youth Empowerment Programme and Development Network HER VOICE KENYA Tilottama Voluntary Women’s Organization HIV Buddies TINADA Youth Organization HIV Legal Network / Réseau juridique VIH Tiruvannamalai District HIV Positive Society(TDHPS+) HIV Scotland Tororo forum for people living with HIV network Hope Centre Foundation (HOCEFO) Tunaweza Organisation Hope for Future Generations Uganda Peace Foundation KMSS Ugenya Youth Community Development Project Human and Natural Resose Development Foundation Ukana West 2 Community Based Health Initiative Human Rights First Rwanda Association United for Global Mental Health Humanity First Cameroon Plus Upline Centre for Development (UCD) ICW Uttar Pradesh Welfare for People Living with HIV/AIDS Society Igat Hope Inc. Venasa Transgender Network IMAGE (SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION) Virudhunagar District HIV Ullor Nala Sangam Image Social Welfare Organization Vision makers Impact Drivers Voluntary Health Association of India Impact Santé Afrique Voluntary Health Association of Tripura International community of women living with HIV in kenya chapter WACI Health India Working Group for Health Advocacy Wakambadhala Kusindi Youth Group Indian Social Service Instiute Wasaib Sanwaro Innovations for Development (I4DEV) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network Int’l Centre for Women Empowerment & Child Dev (ICWECD) Wider Aid & Development Agency-South Sudan International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) Women Against Rape Inc International Christian Center for Education and Development Women Coalition for Agenda 2030 International Community Service Center Trust Women Organization For Worldwide Islam (OFIF/WOWI) International Planned Parenthood Federation Women Together Edu-cultural Center International Youth Council-Yemen (IYCY) Women Wake up Jabalpur Network of people Living with HIV/ AIDS Society Women4GlobalFund Jamaica AIDS Support for Life World Mission Prayer League (LAMB hospital) Jamaica Community of Positive Women (JCW+) World University Service (WUS Germany) Jaunpur Network for HIV positive People Living with AIDS Society World Vision UK Kalinga Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS (KNP+) Odisha Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance KANCO Wote Youth Development Projects KAPOTEC FOUNDATION UG Yaah Foundation KENEPOTE YAPBEC Kenguelekezé Para Saúde Direitos Humanos e Meio Ambiente Young Out Here Sri Lanka Trust Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortiun Youth Advocating Positive Behaviour Change Kenya Malaria Youth Army Youth and Women for Change Kenya network of positive teachers Youth and Women for Opportunities Uganda-YWOU Kenya Orphans Support Organization Youth Foundation of Bangladesh Key populations Uganda Youth LEAD Asia Pacific regional network for YKPs Khawaja Sira Society Youths Initiative for Peace and Innovation (YIPI) Khulna Leprosy and TB control project Zéro Pauvre Afrique (ZPA) KUBORESHA-AFRICA LIMITED Zimbabwe Community Competence Trust Khulna Mukti Seba Sangstha (KMSS) ZOOLOOh International Kokoto cbo -
May 2022 GFAN Report on the 47th Global Fund Board Meeting +
The Global Fund’s 47th Board meeting took place from the 10th to the 12th of May 2022. GFAN has summarized the key discussions that took place – you can read the resulting report here.
You can find some of the documents submitted to the Board by the Secretariat here (you need to click on the + sign under Board Meeting Documents to see the full list).
A de-brief call from the Board Meeting was held with the Communities and 2 NGO Delegations on May 25th and you can access the recording and materials from that call here.
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May 2022 Civil Society Statement on Catalytic Funding +
During the next Board Meeting, the board will take a decision regarding how Catalytic Investments will be allocated in the next implementation cycle (2024-2026). Catalytic Investment, alongside country allocations, is a critical component of the implementation of the new 2023-2028 Strategy. Many community-led, human right and gender transformative interventions that are championed by civil society and communities fall under the priorities for catalytic funding. GFAN members are therefore deeply interested in the outcome of these discussions.
We hope that the board will hear and consider the following points ahead of its decision on Catalytic Investments:
- Catalytic Investments allow the Global Fund to fill essential gaps left by country grants, finance multi-country initiatives and advocacy efforts that are essential to the continuing lifting of barrier of access to care and prevention. It is important that enough funds are made available through catalytic funding for it to have systemic effects. We urge the board not to set too low a cap for Catalytic Investments.
- Catalytic Funding has been used in past cycles to fund Community System Strengthening programs and human right and gender programs, which are core to two of the Contributory Objectives under the 2023-2028 Strategy – ‘Maximizing the Engagement and Leadership of Most Affected Communities to Leave No One Behind’ & ‘Maximizing Health Equity, Gender Equality and Human Rights’. We urge the board to ensure that the central importance given to these objectives in the strategy is reflected in the Catalytic Investments priorities.
- The revised disease split approved during the 46th Board Meeting did not meet the expectations of TB communities and civil societies. A drastic increase in funding is required to address the crisis facing communities affected by TB, a crisis reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We urge the board to ensure that TB be given the highest priority for Catalytic Investments.
- A particular challenge faced by TB Communities has been the lack of robust and empowered ground-level community networks. The establishment and strengthening of these networks in all Global Fund countries implementing TB grants should be explicitly prioritized among Catalytic Investments priorities, to ensure that the voices of TB affected communities are elevated throughout the implementation cycle.
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May 2022 Open Letter to Chancellor Scholz +
Germany has been a strong supporter of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) since its founding 20 years ago. Over that period, the Global Fund has saved 44 million lives, and Germany has contributed more than € 3.9 billion, making it its fourth largest donor. In 2019, for the Sixth Replenishment, Germany pledged € 1 billion, and later an additional € 290 million to fund the COVID-19 Response Mechanism of the Global Fund, which ensured that resources would be supplemented and where necessary redeployed to continue to deliver high-quality HIV, tuberculosis and malaria programs despite the disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Germany plays a pivotal role in shaping Global Fund policies, through its seat on the Global Fund’s Board and role on its Strategy Committee, in particular with regard to the building of resilient and sustainable systems for health, and improving health outcomes for women and girls. Within several weeks of the attack on Ukraine by Russia, the Global Fund Board was able to review and approve a plan to ensure that services for HIV and tuberculosis could continue to operate in the country and could follow Ukrainians fleeing the war.
Global health advocates know Germany as a leading voice in global health and development, initiating important conversations and action on global health security, health systems strengthening and antimicrobial resistance. Germany has endorsed the need to reduce inequalities in accessing health care and overcoming human rights and gender-related barriers in a number of forums where affected communities and civil society are key partners, including the Global Fund.
The Global Fund has grown over the past 20 years into the largest multilateral funder of health, thanks to its unique partnership approach, its comprehensive engagement of communities most affected by the three diseases, and its country-led funding model. It is responsive, adaptable, highly effective, and has a long record of deploying disease-fighting interventions at scale. Its inclusive governance, commitment to human rights, support for evidence-based interventions, local ownership and decades of experience engaging and working with the most marginalized and excluded communities have reinvigorated the responses to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, and fostered pandemic preparedness and response.
The Global Fund operates in 3-years funding cycles. In 2019, it raised a record US$ 14 billion for its Sixth Replenishment. In 2022, with the world still dealing with COVID-19, the Global Fund estimated in its Investment Case that at least US$ 18 billion would be needed to recover the ground lost during the pandemic to accelerate and put us back on track towards the elimination of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics by 2030. To meet this financial target, a minimum 30% increase is needed of all Global Fund donors. The United States, as host of the Seventh Replenishment Pledging Conference, has indicated its willingness to pledge US$ 6 billion, but in order to be made available this funding must be matched two to one by other donors.
As the host of the upcoming G7 Summit, Germany is in a unique position to influence the outcomes of the Seventh Replenishment. The Elmau Summit will come at a pivotal moment ahead of the Pledging Conference, scheduled for September. The members of the G7 have accounted for over 80% of the Global Fund’s resources to date, and a show of leadership from the G7 Presidency during the summit will be instrumental for the Replenishment to hit its target.
The Global Fund has a pivotal role to play in not only ending HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics, but also in the response against COVID-19 and the preparation for future pandemics. The Global Fund already invests over US$ 1 billion every year in building resilient systems for health, and these investments have already made their mark. Experience from years of HIV genetic sequencing in several countries in southern Africa was key to raise the alarm on the rise of the Omicron variant. Across countries benefiting from Global Fund grants, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria health workers pivoted in 2020 to respond to COVID-19, and supported health systems to better resist the influx of patients, and detect upcoming waves early. Investing in health systems that ensure equitable access to quality prevention and care is our best insurance policy against novel pandemics, and will be the key to ending the world’s most lethal infectious diseases.
We, the undersigned global health advocates, ask the German government:
- to increase by 30% the pledge it made at the Sixth Replenishment Conference in Lyon, to bring it to € 1.3 billion in 2022. This is not an unreasonable ask – given Germany’s contribution to the COVID-19 Response Mechanism, it does not represent an increase from its total contribution over 2020-2022; and
- to create momentum among G7 members by using the summit as a platform to announce its pledge, and uphold the group’s commitment to building a more equitable world.
You can download this letter here.
Signed by 161 health advocacy organizations:
- Action against AIDS Germany
- Action Medeor Deutsches Medikamenten-Hilfswerk
- Action Santé Mondiale / Global Health Advocates
- Advocacy Network Africa (AdNetA)
- Advocates of Hope for Community (AHFCO)
- AFEDEC Association des Femmes Engagées pour le Développement du Cameroun
- Africa Japan Forum
- Agos Canada Nord Kivu
- Agos Gabon
- Aide Internationale pour le Développement Durable (AIDD)
- Aide Internationale pour le Développement Durable (AIDD)
- AIDES
- AIDS Action Europe
- Aids Foundation of South Africa
- Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
- AIDS-Fondet (Danish AIDS Foundation)
- Aidsfonds
- Alliance for Public Health
- Alliance for Sustainable Development Organization (ASDO)
- Armée des Jeunes Contre le Paludisme en RDC
- Ashar Alo Society
- ASOS (Action Socio-sanitaire Organisation Secours)
- Association Act For Welfare
- Association d’Aide à l’Education de l’Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH)
- Association des Jeunes Juristes du Niger (AJJN)
- Association des Victorieux de la Tuberculose Ultra-Resistante (AVTUR – RDC)
- Association For Promotion Sustainable Development
- Association Jiguiya Yeleen
- Association Nationale de Soutien aux Seropositifs et Makades du Sida (ANSS Burundi)
- Association Nigérienne des Scouts de l’Environnement (ANSEN)
- Association of Positive Youths Living with HIV/AIDS Enugu State Nigeria
- BlackPride Communications and Projects
- Bloyta Projects
- BONELA (The Botswana Network on Ethics,Law & HIV/AIDS)
- BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
- Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)
- CEHRDF Germany
- Center for Media Advocacy for Mother and Child (CAMAC)
- Center for Popular Education and Human Rights Ghana (CEPEHRG)
- Centre for Environment, Human Rights & Development Forum – CEHRDF
- Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights, Ghana
- Centre International de Formation en Droits Humains et Développement Durable (CIFDH/DD)
- Child Watch
- Civil Society For Malaria Elimination (CS4ME)
- Civil Society on Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN)
- Club des Amis Damien “CAD”
- Coalition of Women living with HIV and AIDS
- Coalition PLUS
- Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) – Zimbabwe
- Consolation East Africa
- Deutsche Aidshilfe
- Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW)
- Dorcas orphanage Centre Tiko
- EANNASO
- ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
- Equipop
- Eswatini Coalition on TB
- Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS
- Evangelisch – Methodistische Kirche, Weltmission
- Female Plus
- FLOWER
- Foaster Foundation For Healthcare Uganda
- Focus for the Future Generation
- Forum for the Promotion of Gender Equity and Moral Values
- Friends Frangipani Inc-PNG
- Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Frontline AIDS
- GFAN
- Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health
- Global Citizen
- Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific
- Global Health Italian Network
- Good Health Community Programmes
- Health 4 Men Ghana
- Health GAP
- HERO Network
- Hi Voices
- Hope and Trust
- Hope for Future Generations
- Ilias Centre
- Impact Essentials, Ghana
- Impact Santé Afrique
- International Youth Council-Yemen (IYCY)
- Jeunesse Congolaises Vers la Voie du Savoir
- Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)
- Kenya Orphans Support Organization
- Kenya Treatment Access Movement- KETAM
- Kibauni CBO
- Kindernothilfe e.V.
- Lady Mermaid Empowerment Centre
- Lean On Me
- LHL International
- Life Vs Addiction
- Machakos County Youth Assembly
- Malawi Network of People living with HIV and AIDS (MANET+)
- Millennial Womxn in Policy
- Most At Risk Populations’ Society in Uganda (MARPS IN Uganda)
- Mothers Initiatives Africa
- NAP + Ghana
- NAPWA-SA
- National Empowerment of Positive Women United
- Networking Community of Southern Africa
- NGO Failatoul Hairan, Niger
- Non-State Actors for Health and Development, Ghana
- OHF Initiative
- ONG-EDHN
- Organismo Andino de Salud – Convenio Hipólito Unanue
- Pan African Positive Women’s Coalition-Zimbabwe
- Positive Alliance Foundation
- Positive Women
- Positive Young Women Voices
- Princess of Africa Foundation
- Public Health International Consulting Center (PHICC)
- RENAPSAJ
- Réseau Accès aux Médicaments Essentiels (RAME)
- Réseau des associations congolaises des jeunes
- Results Canada
- RESULTS UK
- Rural New Life Development Kenya
- Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and Health Promotion
- Salud por Derecho
- SIDAF( Sustainable Impact for Development in Africa)
- Southern African Miners Association (SAMA)
- Spiritia Foundation
- Spouses of CARICOM Leaders Action Network
- Stop TB Canada
- Stop TB Partnership-Kenya
- Stop TB RDC
- Stop Tuberculose Bouake
- STOPAIDS
- Swaziland Migrant Mineworkers Association (SWAMMIWA)
- Tanzania AIDS Forum
- Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS
- Tanzania Socio-Economic Health and Environmental Development (TASHED)
- Tanzania TB Community Network
- TB Women Kenya
- TBpeople Global
- The Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV AIDS(BONELA)
- The Reformed Drug and Substance Abuse Initiative, Nigeria
- Tim Africa Aid Ghana
- Tumaini Letu Nshamba
- Ukrainian Network of People who Use Drugs (PUD.UA/VOLNA)
- Ukrainian Network of Women who Use Drugs (UNWUD)
- United to Beat Malaria, UN Foundation
- Vision makers
- WACI Health
- West African Institute of Public Health (WAIPH)
- Women & Life Foundation – WLF
- Women Together Educultural Center Kenya
- Women with Dignity
- Women4GlobalFund
- World Vision International
- Wote Youth Development Projects
- WOWI/OFIF (Women Organization for Worldwide Islam)
- YAPBEC
- Young Women Rise
- Youth Africa Alliance Solidarity
- Youth Support Foundation
- Zengele
- Zéro Pauvre Afrique (ZPA)
- Zimbabwe Community Competence Trust
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May 2022 Open letter to the Hosts of the Second COVID-19 Summit +
Civil Society wants a more equitable and transparent pandemic preparedness and response, and wants to see the Global Fund, uniquely placed to scale up the investments required for pandemic preparedness and with a long record of impact, transparency and commitment to leaving no one behind.
Building on the momentum created after the first COVID-19 Summit in September 2021 the United States is convening a second COVID-19 Summit in May 2022, co-hosted by Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal.
This second summit takes place as the world still grapples with the impact of the pandemic. The shifting of resources towards fighting COVID-19 and the pandemic’s impact on health systems since 2020 has also led to increases in infections and deaths from other diseases, in particular HIV, TB and Malaria. The world needs to adapt, to build the foundations to a renewed pandemic preparedness and response architecture and make ambitious commitments for its funding. We need to ensure that the COVID-19 response benefits the fight against others diseases and the strengthening of national health systems. The continuing emergence of new variants and the ongoing gap in access to COVID-19 tools like vaccines, and importantly also diagnostics, protective equipment and treatments alongside drops in testing levels globally is, paradoxically, allowing the pandemic to continue destroying lives and damaging livelihoods just as we finally have many of the tools we need to end COVID-19.
We continue to support increased efforts and investments in both the urgent needs to end the pandemic globally and building the capacities to respond to any future pandemics. We believe that the on-going challenges of the COVID-19 response and pandemic preparedness will be best met by institutions with a record of successful global investment in health systems. While not the only actor, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is well-situated to scale up the investments required for pandemic preparedness. The Global Fund has become since its creation the largest multilateral funding mechanism for global health. It has proven agile and capable to rapidly scale up its operations to meet the challenges of pandemic control – and it is time to replenish the Fund so that it can put progress on AIDS, TB and malaria back on track and extend resilience against pandemics.
The course taken by the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced what we in the Global Fund community have known for years: that pandemic response can only succeed if it is equitable, committed to the respect of human-rights, and inclusive in its governance. The Global Fund has significant experience and expertise to be able to deliver on this vision, both to respond to the infectious disease pandemics we have and to be ready for any future pandemics. In order to do so, it must be properly funded.
Therefore, the undersigned Civil Society and Health Advocates call on the governments of the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal as co-hosts of the upcoming Second COVID-19 World Summit, to:
- Ensure that discussions meaningfully involve civil society and affected communities;
- Consider channeling significant resources committed to pandemic preparedness and response through existing institutions like the Global Fund with a proven track record of impact rather than focusing scarce resources to a newly-formed entity;
- Highlight the critical importance of meeting the challenge of the 7th Replenishment of the Global Fund to raise at least $18 billion in September 2022 to ensure that the gains made over the last 20 years of impact are not reversed because of a lack of political commitment to meet existing and future health challenges.
Read the full letter here.
Add your organization to the signatories to the open letter here.
Signed by:
- Action against AIDS Germany
- Action against NCDs in Eswatini
- Action Santé Mondiale / Global Health Advocates
- Africa Japan Forum
- Aidsfonds
- Association For Promotion Sustainable development
- Association des Victorieux de la Tuberculose Ultra-Résistante (AVTUR)
- Civil Society For Malaria Elimination (CS4ME)
- DCenturyvibes Global International Foundation
- Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS and Health Services Organization (EANNASO)
- Frontline AIDS
- Global Fund Advocates Network Africa
- Global Fund Advocates Network
- Global Fund Advocates Network Asia-Pacific
- Good Health Community Programmes
- Harm Reduction International
- Impact Santé Afrique
- LHL International Tuberculosis Foundation
- Results Canada
- Results U.S.
- Results U.K.
- SAF-TESO
- Stop TB Canada
- STOPAIDS
- Vision makers
- WACI Health
- Wote Youth Developoment Projects
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Mar 2022 Advocacy Briefing on the Investment Case for the 7th Replenishment +
This Advocacy Briefing is intended for Civil Society and Community advocates to present some of the key elements of the Investment Case, the challenges and opportunities it presents, and put in context its fundraising target. It is meant to support efforts by all Global Fund partners to mobilise donor funding commitment ahead of the 2022 Pledging Conference hosted by the United States.
Download the report here.
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Mar 2022 Key messages and Reflections from the CS Pre-Meetings to the Preparatory Meeting +
Download the report here.
This report provides an overview of discussions during three calls organized by the Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) held shortly before and after the Global Fund’s 7th Replenishment preparatory meeting on 23–24 February.
The first two calls, on 15 and 22 February, were co-organized by the GFAN Secretariat, GFAN Asia Pacific, GFAN Africa and GFAN Afrique Francophone. They focused on discussing key points and issues to include in a civil society statement on the Global Fund’s investment case and highlighting some priority actions and events for civil society engagement in support of the replenishment. The investment case is the document in which the Global Fund reveals how much money it hopes to raise and presents its argument for why all or more of those funds should be made available.
The third call, on 25 February, provided a forum for GFAN members to listen to Global Fund Secretariat staff introduce and summarize the investment case, which was formally released on 23 February, and to ask questions and make remarks in response. A recording of this call can be found here.
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Feb 2022 GFAN Speakers Bureau – Fully Fund the Global Fund Video 2022 +
“The Global Fund has saved lives and transformed communities for 20 years. But COVID-19 is devastating communities and health systems around the world and, for the first time since the Global Fund’s founding, we lost ground in the fight against HIV, TB and Malaria. Our stories are the reasons why, in a COVID world, we must take bold and decisive action to fully fund the Global Fund.”
This Fully Fund the Global Fund video combines interviews with six of our speakers. They give testimony of the impact the Global Fund has had on their lives, and share why it is more important than ever that we keep on the fight and be ambitious and bold for the 7th Replenishment.
You can also find here shorter (under 2 minutes) vignettes, one for each of the speakers; perfect for sharing on Social Media.
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Nov 2021 GFAN Report: 46th Global Fund Board Meeting +
The GFAN report on the 46th Global Fund Board Meeting, that took place virtually from Nov 8 to Nov 10 2021.