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Minutes and Presentations of the  Webinar on Sharing Experience and Lessons Learned from CS and CG Engagements in Funding Request to the Global Fund, countries that submitted in window 1.
The Anglophone Africa Platform hosted by EANNASO would like to extend sincere appreciation to you all for attending the webinar on sharing experience and lessons learned from CS and CG engagements in Funding Request  to the Global Fund,  countries that submitted in window 1.

Below find the summary minutes of lessons documented, presentations and audio recording for the webinar. EANNASO will be sharing with you a series of webinars including Window 2 submission countries webinar.
Anglophone Africa Civil Society and Community Groups Task Team COVID-19 Response; Frequently Asked Questions and Myths
Nearly every media outlet dominates news of the COVID-19 pandemic response, including social media and internet pages where misinformation and myths circulate. Some rumors are harmless, while others can be dangerous, stoking fear and threatening health. Anglophone Africa Civil Society and Community Groups Task Team COVID-19 Response; Frequently Asked Questions and Myths.
Frequently Asked Questions and Myths
Virtual Innovation Spotlights 
on Health Tech Solutions for TB and COVID-19
To support country programmes, communities, the people affected by tuberculosis (TB), and our  partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stop TB Partnership’s Strategic Initiatives & Innovative Financing (SIIF) Team, as part of its Re-Imagining TB Care initiative, is organising a series of Virtual Innovation Spotlights to share various health tech solutions that can be used to:
  • Mitigate interruptions in routine TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic and
  • Lay the groundwork to revolutionize the TB care models to become more virtual, digitalized, and people-centered.
Click Here for More Information 
Global Fund Board doubles funds available for COVID-19-related response to $1 billion
On April 9, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria unanimously approved two temporary, extraordinary measures to enable flexibilities within current Global Fund grants in order to ensure continuity of programs, and to provide additional direct support to countries for their responses to COVID-19. See details in this link
Webinar on HIV-specific session: supporting countries for Global Fund applications - Window 2, Thursday, 23 April, 3pm CET, English
Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the HIV-specific session: supporting countries for Global Fund applications – Window 2, the next installment in the series of webinars to support countries to submit technical sound Global Fund applications on Thursday, 23 April at 10am (French) and 3pm (English) CET. The webinar is co-organized by WHO, Stop TB Partnership and UNAIDS Secretariat.

The specific webinar is the second in the series of three being organized by the Joint Programme to provide opportunity for countries to improve the quality of their GF applications, increasing the chances for a smooth, efficient and successful application process, anticipating the most common challenges and Technical Review Panel (TRP) comments, and ensure a virtual dialogue in spite of the current Covid-19 challenges.

Schedule
ENGLISH SESSION - 3PM (Geneva), 2 hours duration
  • How to develop quality prevention programs? – focus on: AGYW, condom programming, PREP, Harm reduction, VMMC – (20 mins) Clemens Benedikt, UNAIDS
  • Lessons learned from W1 countries review on how key populations have been taken into account in funding requests  – (15 mins) Marie Engel, UNAIDS
  • PMTCT, paediatrics, adolescents – (15 mins) Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, UNICEF
  • HIV in humanitarian contexts – (15 mins) Gary Jones, UNAIDS; Ann Burton, UNHCR, and Fatiha Terki, WFP
  • Covid-19 and HIV perspectives (10 mins ) Lycias Zembe, UNAIDS
More information on the schedule and detail of the series is in the attached invite in English and in French.

The webinars are open to all stakeholders working on Window 2 GF applications. We kindly request UNAIDS Country Directors and WHO teams to actively approach members of the writing teams and key partners to ensure that everyone who are working on the GF applications join this webinar.

We shall have 2 sessions, at 10am and 3pm (GVA time).

This invite is for the 3PM session, in ENGLISH, and you will find the connection details below.

If you have specific questions, please send them in advance to VTeam_FTI_Practice@unaids.org

Looking forward to e-meeting you on Thursday!
Best wishes,

VTEAM
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