1. Aidspan : The Independent Observer of the Global Fund

2. Who are we?
A watchdog/independent observer of the Global Fund since 2002
Offering information, targeted critical analyses, sharing best practices/lessons learned and independent commentary

3. Who are we? On the Global Fund at global level and country levels
Board
Committees (Audit and Finance, Ethics and Governance, Strategy Committee)
and country levels
Country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs)
Local Fund Agents (LFAs)
Implementers: Principal recipients (PRs), sub-recipients (SRs), sub-sub-recipients SSRs and other in-country assurance actors

4. Our target audience is
The Global Fund (Board and its committees, Secretariat, OIG etc.)
GF donors
CCMs
Implementers: PRs, SRs and SSRs
LFAs, fiscal agents
National policy makers
Technical partners – WHO, UNAIDS, RBM,STOP TB
Civil society and media
Researchers and academicians

5. Products Global Fund Observer (GFO) – English about 12000 subscribers
Observateur du Fonds Mondial (OFM) – French about 3000 subscribers
Reports on different topics on website
Aidspan Portal Workbench (Global fund data synchronized with Aidspan)
and other data tools

6. MISSION
To be an effective watchdog highlighting, analyzing and influencing the transparency and effectiveness of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the global and country level

7. We love to collaborate with EANNASO/You
Why ?
Biggest burden of diseases
Biggest share of funds
Raise African voices and share experiences
Similar challenges, learn best practices
Open to feedback on mode of delivery that works best for you as EANNASO/ PRs from Civil Society
Topics of common interest

8. Some important issues for a Win-Win collaboration
Absorption
Procurement and supply chain
Data collected and used
AGYW
CCM Evolution
Lessons learned from PR or countries
WE WISH TO HEAR FROM YOU
WE WISH TO RAISE YOUR VOICE for a more efficient Global Fund

9. Topics of common interest
Aidspan existing work on absorption

10. Procurement and supply-chain
At least two-third of HIV grant goes to commodities
Kenya successfully procures health commodities without using Global Fund’s pooled procurement mechanisms
Guinea’s Global Fund grant implementation yields challenges and lessons

11. Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW)
New infections are mostly among AGYW in Eastern and Central Africa
Report
Findings: that only 4.6% of the HIV grants is spent on prevention among them!

12. CCM Evolution
Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism evolution initiative: Mid-term lessons from Tanzania, Niger, Uganda and Burundi
Global Fund Board approves CCM Evolution initiative at an intermediate level of ambition but with a phased-in approach
Tanzania National Coordinating Mechanism aspires to become best-practice model for Global Fund's CCM evolution initiative

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14. Thanks Djesika Amendah, PhD info@aidspan. org Djesika. amendah@aidspan
Thanks Djesika Amendah, PhD