Category: The Global Fund

Initiative 5%: Call for proposal on operational research “ Improvement in tuberculosis screening, treatment and prevention”
Source: Initiative 5% website The 5% Initiative is the second mechanism for France’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF). The operational implementation of this Initiative has been entrusted to Expertise France ( the French...

Call for participation in a survey on Key Populations and Communities Needs Assessment 2018
Since 2015, ITPC-MENA has hosted the Global Fund’s “Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination for the Middle East and North Africa,” or “the Platform.” The purpose of the Platform is to promote greater access to Global Fund-related information, news, and...
Appointments to Global Fund Board committees announced
Source: Aidspan EGC to undertake a review of selection processes for committee leadership and members The Board has announced the appointment of 33 members on its three standing committees for two-year terms that started on 11 May 2018. The announcement...

Global Fund Board adopts a CCM Policy and a new CCM Code of Conduct
Source: Aidspan The CCM Policy replaces the current CCM Guidelines The Global Fund Board has approved a new CCM Policy, which replaces the Guidelines and Requirements for Country Coordinating Mechanisms (hereinafter, CCM Guidelines). The Board delegated authority to the Strategy...

Main decisions made at Board meeting
Source: Aidspan On 9–10 May 2018, the Global Fund Board held its 39th meeting in Skopje, Macedonia. GFO was present, with observer status. The main decisions made at the meeting, in chronological order, were as follows. (For precise wording of what...
MENA Grants Update
This section will provide an update on where grants are at in all MENA countries. Most have recently been approved or should be approved soon. This is a particularly relevant time to provide an update like this. Afghanistan Disease...

MENA H Coalition multi-country grant proposal for sustainability of services for HIV key populations for Middle East and North Africa Region
WHO-UNAIDS Joint Consultation for Civil Society Organization The MENA H Coalition is a collaboration and partnership platform of HIV Key Population Regional Networks in the Middle East and North Africa. Participating networks include: AFEMENA, ITPC MENA, MENARosa, MENAHRA, M-Coalition, MENANPUD,...

Differentiated Application Briefing 2018
Each funding cycle tends to bring some procedural and financial changes for Global Fund grants. The “new funding model,” which rolled out in 2014, represented a major shift in how countries were expected to develop and submit applications for funding. ...

MENA Platform Team Participates in CRG-SI Learning Event
Photo: Yahia presents the work of the MENA Platform on a panel with representatives of the Francophone Africa, Anglophone Africa, and Latin American and Caribbean Platforms. In February the MENA Platform participated in a three-day Community, Rights and Gender Strategic...

Global Fund MENA Regional Platform is relaunched;
ITPC-MENA continues as the host for the Middle East and North Africa region As a key component of the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, the Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination will continue to support and facilitate...