The Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG) evaluated how the Global Fund is performing on accelerating the equitable deployment of and access to innovations, and how its investments complement the work of other global health partners.
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomed the Seventh Replenishment outcome of US$15.7 billion during a 3-day meeting this week in Geneva. This comes two months after a successful pledging conference in New York that secured pledges of over US$14.3 billion, and days after obtaining additional pledges from donors including India, Italy, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Because many people with tuberculosis in SA are never diagnosed or are only diagnosed once their symptoms are severe, digital X-ray technology has been proposed as a way to help solve this problem. A new study shows how effective this screening is on the ground in South Africa’s clinics.
Many people with tuberculosis in South Africa are never diagnosed or are diagnosed only once their symptoms have become quite severe. One solution to diagnosing more people more quickly is the expanded use of new digital X-ray technology. Now, an independent assessment of digital X-ray pilot projects in six districts in South Africa sheds light on how well this intervention works in the real world. Tiyese Jeranji reports.
A new report by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria highlights the impact of Global Fund-supported programs to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria over the last 20 years in six Lusophone countries – Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, Angola and Timor-Leste.