On Friday 10th June, the Global Fund Uganda Sub- recipient quarterly performance review meeting was held at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The meeting was attended by a range of implementing partners who included the Uganda Aids Commission, the Ministry of Education and...
Global Fund Mission team makes Uganda visit after two years
Global Fund officials together with Health Minister, Dr Ruth Aceng and Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine. The Global Fund Mission was recently in Uganda for a range of engagements associated with the programmatic areas and issues concerning Adolescent Girls...
Meeting held to review performance of Global Fund grants
The Monthly Performance review meeting of the Global Fund grants in Uganda was held on Thursday, 12th May 2022 at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala. The meeting serves to assess and improve programme implementation of the three disease areas - HIV/AIDS,...
NMCD committed to curbing Malaria upsurge
According to information shared by the National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) of the Ministry of Health, there has been an upsurge of malaria cases, particularly in the period between April and May. The recent upsurge has witnessed a rise of about 500,000 cases,...
CCM holds risk management capacity building engagement
The Uganda Country Coordinating Mechanism (UCCM) of the Global Fund convened a risk management workshop between 4-5 May in Kampala, to among others strengthen capacity of all Global Fund Grants implementers to manage risks and develop a risk matrix that includes...
Uganda gets additional COVID-19 Response Mechanism funds
The Global Fund recently approved Uganda COVID 19 Response Mechanism for Uganda. A total of US$28,950,087 was approved as additional investments for the country’s COVID-19 response. This brings Uganda’s total Covid 19 response mechanism award to $207,747,685. The...
Global Fund Calls for Renewed Urgency in Fight to End TB
At the recently concluded World TB on March 24, the Global Fund made an urgent call for the world to reignite the fight to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended years of progress in the fight against TB. Deaths from the disease rose for the...
Global Fund plans additional Covid 19 Response Mechanism financing
The Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) recently said it would award additional funding to respond to urgent needs to reinforce the COVID-19 response through a Fasttrack modality. According to a letter written by the Global Fund on February 16, the...
Global Fund Results Report Reveals COVID-19 Devastating Impact on HIV, TB and Malaria Programs
GENEVA – The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria in 2020, according to a new report released by the Global Fund today. The Results Report shows that while some progress was made, key programmatic results have declined...