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France to host sixth Global Fund replenishment conference
Allan Malache, Developing Country NGO Board Member (left) and Edona Deva, Developing Country NGO Alternate Board Member (right), meet with French Global Health Ambassador Stéphanie Seydoux (middle) 18 May 2018 French President Emmanual Macron announced that the upcoming 6threplenishment conference of theGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria will be hosted in France in...
Developing Country NGO Delegation at the 39th Board Meeting
18 May 2018 Key decisions taken at the 39th Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, held on 9 and 10 May in Skopje, Macedonia included decisions around the eligibility policy, the evolution of the country coordinating mechanisms and a new decision on non-eligible countries in crisis.This statement highlights some...
Hristijan Jankuloski Opens 39th Global Fund Board Meeting with Lighting of Candle of Rememberance
Hristijan Jankuloski, Delegation Member and Macedonia native, led the customary candle-lighting ceremony during the opening ceremony of the 39th Board Meeting. In his presentation, Hristijan reflected on the lives lost to the three diseases and the work that must be done to amplify the voices of those affected by and playing their part in the...
Delegation Announces Appointment of Lesley Odendal, Bids Farewell to Jomain McKenzie
SKOPJE (May 8) – The Developing Country NGO Constituency Announces the appointment of Ms. Lesley Odendal, Communications Focal Point. Lesley Odendal of Cape Town, South Africa, is the new Communications Focal Point (CFP) of the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund Board. Lesley fills the vacancy left by Jomain McKenzie. Jomain leaves the...
Civil Society calls for Meaningful Involvement of Francophone Countries in HIV Response
BORDEAUX –More than one thousand activists, doctors, institutional players and other HIV/AIDS francophone stakeholders gathered in Bordeaux, France, from 4 to 7 April at the International Francophone Conference on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis (AFRAVIH), including Morgane Ahmar, DCNGO Delegation Member from Morocco. The AFRAVIH conference gives visibility to the fight against HIV in the francophone world....
Global Fund Joins Movement to Halve Malaria by 2023
Originally published by The Global Fund LONDON – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria joined leaders at the Malaria Summit London 2018 to call for reducing malaria by one half across the Commonwealth in the coming five years. Collective action aims to prevent 350 million cases of malaria and save 650,000 lives,...
Inspector General of the Global Fund Commits to Meaningful Engagement with Civil Society
(L-R: Tracy Staines, Head of Audit, OIG; Maurine Murenga, Vice Chair, Implementer Group, Global Fund Board; Allan Maleche, Board Member; Mouhamadou Diagne, Inspector General, The Global Fund; Joseph Chiu, Independent Consultant, Strategy, Policy & Governance) April 16, 2018 NAIROBI – “We hope you are not here to tick the box that you met civil society...
Indian Civil Society Building Bridges with Global Fund’s Peter Sands
NEW DELHI (March 2018) – “Among the results of all the three diseases I checked at the Global Fund, TB has achieved the least. One reason for this could be because the poorest of the poor are affected by it,” aptly put by Peter Sands, at a meeting with a group of civil society and...
REINFORCING MARGINALIZATION: The Impact of the Closing of Civic Space on HIV Response in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda
28 February, 2018: ICNL Releases New Study on the Impact of Closing Civic Space on HIV Response Originally Published Here: https://goo.gl/bgUdCS ICNL has just published a study that focuses on the ways in which the closing of space for civil society—especially restrictions on the registration, financing, and operations of civil society organizations (CSOs)—is affecting HIV...
Delegation Sets Six Priorities as Building Blocks for 2018-2019 Work Plan
MARRAKECH – For 2018 to 2019, the Developing Country NGO (DCNGO) Delegation will focus its agenda on impacting and influencing six core areas of the Global Fund’s work: Board culture and governance, Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Evolution, Eligibility, Human Rights, Gender Equality, the 6th Replenishment as well as Sustainability Transition and Co-financing. The Board Delegation...