I totally agree that each country should be given the authority by Global Fund to be able to determine size of their CCMs. However, we did this last year and we were told that we would not be eligible for funding because the Global Fund has a list of members which each country needs to abide to. So,...

Coming from a tiny Pacific Island country we are constantly being faced with one main challenge: having a CCM representative of all sectors to meet GF eligibility for funding. If you go through the check list by the time you reach the bottom, you should have at least 20 people in the CCM. From experience...