Tag: Health Financing
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The MENA Regional Platform launch the new “Practical Guide” on the Global Fonds (STC) Sustainability, Transition, and Co-financing
The Global Fund’s sustainability, transition and cofinancing policy (STC policy) was approved in April 2016 by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and implemented for the first time during the funding cycle 2017-2019. Although sustainability has always been an element of the Global Fund’s work, STC policy has formalized the comprehensive approach…
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Press statement: The Global Fund & Civil Society MENA Platform “Regional Learning & Sharing Forum 2018”
Marrakech, 13 December 2018 The Global Fund Civil Society Platform for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) held The “Regional Leaning and Sharing Forum” in Marrakech on 11 – 12 December 2018. The forum has been delivered by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition – MENA region (ITPC-MENA), the current host of the regional platform. During…
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Initiative 5%: Call for proposal on operational research “ Improvement in tuberculosis screening, treatment and prevention”
Source: Initiative 5% website The 5% Initiative is the second mechanism for France’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF). The operational implementation of this Initiative has been entrusted to Expertise France ( the French Agency for International Technical Expertise) under the supervision of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign…
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WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL DECLARATION ON TUBERCULOSIS?
Source : ITPC GLOBAL (New York) — Today, UN Member States will come together at the UN Headquarters in New York City for the first “High Level Meeting” on TB, where countries will ratify a political declaration on tuberculosis (TB). Despite pressure, and securing several concrete pledges on expanding service delivery, the declaration falls short…
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Calls for proposals: Strengthening high-quality health systems accessible for all
The 7% Initiative launches two calls for proposals under the theme, “Strengthening high-quality health systems accessible for all”. This theme seeks to provide an integrated approach to addressing the three pandemics through national strategic action and multi-sectoral engagement, particularly in complementary to the Global Fund programmes in the countries. Organizations based in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Lebanon,…
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A new victory for ITPC-MENA : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV / AIDS 2017 : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt, a victory for ITPC-MENA Today, at the World Conference on AIDS, which is currently taking place in Paris from the 23rd to 26th July 2017, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the Medicines Patent Pool…
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HIV Activists Denounce ViiV for Denying 3.5 million People Access to Optimal Treatment
Source : ITPC GLOBAL Today, Monday, 24 July 2017, during the 9th International AIDS Conference on HIV Science in Paris (IAS 2017), HIV treatment activists from around the world collectively blocked access to ViiV Healthcare’s promotional booth and stormed its presentation to physicians. The action, which included taping off ViiV’s booth, to deny access to…
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M-Coalition launch a new guide: Key Population Engagement in Global Fund Country Dialogue CCMs and the 2017-‐2019 funding cycle
Source : M-Colaition This resource guide is designed to assist civil society organizations in understanding how to access funding from the Global Fund (GF) and effectively engage in country dialogue through all the key stages. In 2014, the Global Fund’s New Funding Model (NFM) was launched. Inclusion of civil society and key affected populations (KAP)…
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Time is Ticking! Submission Dates for Global Fund Funding Requests
Know your timeline! Submission dates for MENA Global Fund Funding Requests : Greetings from the Regional Communication and Coordination Platform for Middle East & North Africa, hosted by ITPC-MENA. We are preparing a newsletter and series of briefs for you in the coming months, but wanted to make sure you had the following information right…
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About the ITPC MENA Global Fund Patform
Communities, Rights, and Gender PLATFORM IN Middle East and North Africa The MENA Platform on Communities, Rights, and Gender is a communications and coordination platform for civil society groups, key population networks, non-governmental and community-based organisations that are involved in the response to fight HIV, TB, and malaria. It is one the six regional platforms…