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 | Grants | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | AFG-H-UNDP (PR: UNDP) | Approved December 2017 |
| TB |
AFG-T-MOPH (PR: Ministry of Public Health) AFG-T-UNDP (PR: UNDP) |
Approved December 2017 |
| Malaria | AGF-M-UNDP (PR: UNDP) | Approved December 2017 |
| Notes: | ||
| Algeria | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | DZA-H-MOH (PR: Ministry of Health) | Approved March 2017; in implementation |
| HIV/AIDS | App. Type: Tailored-Transition | Submission window 6: August 2018 |
| Notes: | ||
| Iraq | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| TB | IRQ-T-IOM (PR: International Organization for Migration) | 12-month extension approved December 2017 |
| Notes: This is will be the final extension of the Iraq TB grant before it is integrated with the Middle East Response in January 2019 | ||
| Mauritania | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | App. type: Tailored-COE | Funding request submission window 5: 30 April ‘18 |
| TB | App. type: Tailored-COE | Funding request submission window 5: 30 April ‘18 |
| Malaria | App. type: Tailored-COE | Funding request submission window 5: 30 April ‘18 |
| Notes: COE = Challenging Operating Environment | ||
| Morocco | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | MOR-H-MOH (PR: Ministry of Health) | Approved December 2017 |
| TB | MOR-T-MOH (PR: Ministry of Health) | Approved December 2017 |
| Notes: | ||
| Pakistan | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS |
PAK-H-NACP (PR: National AIDS Control Programme) PAK-H-NZT (PR: Nai Zindagi Trust) |
Both approved December 2017; both in implementation |
| TB |
PAK-T-NTP (PR: National TB Control Program) PAK-T-MC (PR: Mercy Corps) PAK-T-TIH (PR: The Indus Hospital) |
All approved January 2018; all in implementation |
| Malaria |
PAK-M-DOMC (PR: Directorate of Malaria Control) PAK-M-TIH (PR: The Indus Hospital) |
Both approved October 2017; both in implementation |
| Notes: | ||
| Sudan | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| Integrated: Malaria/RSSH | SDN-M-MOH (PR: Federal Ministry of Health | Approved November 2017 |
| Notes: RSSH = Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health | ||
| Tunisia | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | Funding request submitted February 2018 | Anticipated TRP review: 19-27 March 2018 |
| Notes: TRP = Technical Review Panel | ||
| Middle East Response Initiative | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| Integrated: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria | App. Type: Tailored-Challenging Operating Environment | Funding request to be submitted in window 6: August 2018 |
| Notes: This grant covers services for people impacted by conflict in Palestine, Syria and Yemen, and Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. Iraq will be added in 2019. | ||
| Sustainability of services for key populations in MENA region | ||
| Disease | Grant(s) | Status |
| HIV/AIDS | Catalytic multicountry | Funding request to be submitted 30 April 2018 |
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Notes: Applicant: WHO IS APPLICANT? For more details on funding request development, see update in this newsletter. |
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