A recent study that conducted by one of the Global Fund Sub recipients in Uganda (PACE - Programme for Accessible health, Communication and Education) has revealed insights that are among others expected to improve net handling and care. The study sought to assess the...
Progress made in TB fight but challenges linger as Uganda marks World TB Day
Since 2015, lives of over 560,0000 Ugandans have been saved through diagnosis and treatment, according to the Ministry of Health. This achievement is largely attributed government and its partners and stakeholders, such as the Global Fund among others who have been...
New Tools and Transformative Partnerships Can Help End TB
By Dr. Mohammed Yassin - Senior TB Advisor, the Global Fund It appears new, life-changing technologies come on the scene more and more with each passing year. In November 2022, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT dominated global headlines; by January 2023,...
Global Fund – Uganda Monthly Performance Review Meeting held
The Global Fund - Uganda Monthly Performance Review meeting was held earlier this month at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala. The meeting sought to review the operations of the Global Fund Grant, with the intention of improving programme implementation of...
Global Fund announces new mechanism to increase access to more effective mosquito nets for malaria prevention
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) is launching a new Revolving Facility to negotiate improved supply terms for global health products for the countries it supports. According to a news report published by the Global Fund on...
Global Fund agreements significantly reduce price of First-line HIV treatment
Through its competitive tenders, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), together with its partners and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, will be able to offer tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, lamivudine and dolutegravir (TLD), a...
National Funding Model IV Grant writing exercise in progress
The National Funding Model IV Global Fund Facility grant writing exercise kicked off in earnest last month and was currently in its third week by 6th February 2023. Spearheaded by the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund, the exercise is focused on...
Key results for the 3 diseases in countries where the Global Fund invests
Key results for the previous year (2021) in countries where the Global Fund invests include: For HIV:23.3 million people received lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for HIV, continuing the trend of a rising number of people on treatment for the virus.69% of people...
New Global Fund Report Shows 50 Million Lives Saved Over 20 Years in Fight Against HIV, TB and Malaria
The Global Fund’s 2022 Results Report released earlier this month finds a significant rebound in 2021 for programs working to defeat HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against the three diseases,...
GF gets boost towards $18billion funding goal
President Joe Biden hosted the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York and pledged $6 billion US dollars in U.S. government support. The Replenishment conference is the Global Fund’s fundraising campaign, and the pledge is part of the high-powered...