Civil society indeed is one of the supporters of the Global Fund and are part of the process of the establishment. The involvment of civil society in the implementation of the GF is undeniably strong, and one cannot empahsize it enough. However there is a gap in the particpation of civil society at country...

Dear Team, Here's a thought l have had as l read through the presentations. I won't be techy. I will just mention what l think and feel is not looked at keenly. I am a big advocate of implementation of policies and projects. The problem we have is that there are all these beautifully written...

Dear All, Further to my email, here are key intervention methods to improve GF program implementation. - Sincere involvement of people living with HIV in program implementation particulary during planning by NGOs entrusted with the funds at community levels to ensure they feel ownership. They are misused...

To improve the way in which the Global Fund does its business and implements its programs, it needs to do 2 key things of which I am aware. 1) It must listen to the Manager of its own Malaria program , Mark Grabowsky; and 2) adhere to its own policies which recognize that the Global Fund, as its own...

Dear all, Its my pleasure to be part of this global discussion group but for us here in Africa the effectiveness of the GF has to be redefined to meet the changing times of development mostly use the use and introduction of new technologies, new methods and research for combating the three diseases at...

On Public health in prisons From Russian discussions One of the main issues concerning the quality of health care given in the prison system is deciding under which authority doctors working in prisons come under, which relates to the security clearance they have in correctional facilities. For this...

Vertical vs. Horizontal Approaches to global health challenges By Anthony Anene Anammah , Sub Recipient Two demographics need to be considered when deliberating over the best approach to health care systems – children at risk of dying before their 5 th birthday, and those living with HIV, also at risk...

I agree with you totally; planning has to be done in a comprehensive manner and should be done through national planning and not when it is time to draft another proposal or just to get the numbers, results and performance that will only deliver very basic services and products to under-fives and pregnant...

While we wait for other contributions to issue of Vertical vs. Horizontal approaches to global health challenges, I will like to bring our attention again to the LA Times article "Unintended victims of Gates Foundation generosity" . The GFATM released a statement on that issue on her website...

I think that the diagonal approach will still have the same effect of 'quick wins', 'JUST spend the money, prove it' as the vertical approach. But the truth which I have been trying to run away from is the fact that the issue of Health Systems Strengthenineg to a large extent is the rsponsibilty...