Technical Evaluation Reference Group News Today

THE ADAPTATION Fund recently hosted a ceremony to officially launch its Evaluation Policy, adopted by its board in April 2022 and which came into force in October 2023. As the Evaluation Policy is a key fund-wide policy, a special launch ceremony...

The Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG), upon request by the Global Fund's Strategy Committee, undertook an evaluation of the Global Fund’s implementation of its Challenging Operating Environments (COE) Policy, which was approved by the Board in 2016 and came into effect in 2017. This evaluation assessed whether adjustments are needed as the Global Fund prepares for the next grant cycle (Grant Cycle 7) and implementation of the 2023-2028 Strategy.

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 Global Fund is very pleased to announce the appointment of John Grove as its new Chief Evaluation and Learning Officer, starting on 1 October 2022.

Malaria elimination policy and practices must be integrated into the broader health system without losing the focus on reduction of disease burden. Accelerating innovation for new tools and new ways of using existing tools is critical. Endemic countries have a great potential for entrepreneurship, research, and development. The malaria community should harness that potential.

The Global Fund’s independent evaluation function is being transformed in order to strengthen accountability and learning, based on the results of independent evaluations. The objective is to ensure that evaluations are relevant, timely and of high quality, driving us closer to achieving our goal of ending HIV, TB and malaria as epidemics.

As part of efforts to reduce vaccine hesitancy in Africa, the government, healthcare providers, community and faith-based leaders