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  • The retirement announcement of Dr Yamina Chakkar 

    The retirement announcement of Dr Yamina Chakkar 

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    It is with mixed feelings that we received the retirement announcement of Dr Yamina Chakkar from her position as Director of UNAIDS Regional Support Team MENA. The MENA Regional Platform & ITPC-MENA applaud you for your years of service and achievements fighting HIV/AIDS. Our heartiest congratulations and best wishes for your retirement.  

  • Pakistan’s funding request to the Global Fund prioritizes TB case notification and treating MDR-TB cases

    Pakistan’s funding request to the Global Fund prioritizes TB case notification and treating MDR-TB cases

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    Source: Aidspan TRP requested more information on plans to reach key populations   Among the grants approved recently by the Board were three TB grants to Pakistan. This article reports on the comments from the Technical Review Panel (TRP) and the Grants Approvals Committee (GAC) on the funding request from which these grants emanated.  …

  • Iraq poised to join Global Fund’s Middle East Response initiative

    Iraq poised to join Global Fund’s Middle East Response initiative

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    Source: Aidspan ISIS emergency disrupted transition funding for Iraq’s TB program   A patient transported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) waits to be screened for TB at a National Tuberculosis Program Center in Erbil, Iraq. IOM is the principal recipient for both Iraq’s TB grant and the Global Fund’s Middle East Response initiative.…

  • Appointments to Global Fund Board committees announced

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    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 was made at the in-person Board meeting on 9–10 May. The terms of the current…

  • Global Fund Board adopts a CCM Policy and a new CCM Code of Conduct

    Global Fund Board adopts a CCM Policy and a new CCM Code of Conduct

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    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 Committee to approve amendments to the CCM Policy. At its meeting in Skopje, Macedonia on…

  • Global Fund releases new eligibility list and updated list of projected transitions

    Global Fund releases new eligibility list and updated list of projected transitions

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    Source: Aidspan Changes to the eligibility list are not extensive The Global Fund has published its 2018 list of countries and components eligible to receive an allocation. The changes from the 2017 list are not extensive. The  List 2018 is available here. The Global Fund has also published an updated list of components that are projected…

  • policy brief: EU-Tunisia Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)

    policy brief: EU-Tunisia Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)

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    Publish by : Forum Tunisien pour les droits économiques et sociaux (FTDES) – CNCD-11.11.11 – International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) MENA – Euromedrights – Transnational Institute (TNI) A deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) is currently being negotiated between Tunisia and the European Union (EU). It aims to increase trade between Tunisia and the…

  • MENA Grants Update

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    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…

  • MENA H Coalition multi-country grant proposal for sustainability of services for HIV key populations for Middle East and North Africa Region

    MENA H Coalition multi-country grant proposal for sustainability of services for HIV key populations for Middle East and North Africa Region

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    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, RANAA and others. Based on the Global Fund’s request for multi-country grant proposal for Middle…

  • Differentiated Application Briefing 2018

    Differentiated Application Briefing 2018

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    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.  For the current funding cycle–or allocation period–2017-2019, there are some further changes to the model,…