Zimbabwe has been awarded an incentive funding of about $25 million from the Global fund, a development aimed at improving efforts to eradicate HIV in the country.
This is what the statement reads:
We will be sending the formal communication shortly to initiate the grant-making process, but we thought that you would be happy to be informed that the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund has approved the Incentive Funding Request, and that Grants Approval Committee (GAC) of the Global Fund has awarded the incentive funding of US$25,274,085 based on TRP prioritization and recommendation.
We will be sending the formal communication shortly to initiate the grant-making process, but we thought that you would be happy to be informed that the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund has approved the Incentive Funding Request, and that Grants Approval Committee (GAC) of the Global Fund has awarded the incentive funding of US$25,274,085 based on TRP prioritization and recommendation.
The GAC incentive funding recommendation covers the following:
· Laboratory services (US$11,946,687) – To address critical gaps in laboratory services including 6 viral load machines, integrated transport system, early infant diagnosis, and lab system strengthening.
· Paediatric ARV and CARG (US$8,297,008) – To address critical gaps in paediatric treatment and provide community-based services to adolescents.
· Male circumcision (US$2,959,684) – To support innovative approaches to reaching adolescents, a newly identified gap, through scale up of male circumcision focused on adolescent boys and young men.
· BCC, VCT, Data for evidence (US$2,070,706) – To support innovative approaches to reaching young women and girls, and planning for future focusing, including operational research, mapping, and demand creation.
