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Tuberculosis in Prisons: A People’s Introduction to the Law
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The O’Neill Institute, ARASA, the Center for Tolerance and Peace, KELIN, the Treatment Action Campaign, TALAKU, Southern Africa Litigation Centre, and Stop TB Partnership are excited to publish this resource. TB in Prisons: a People’s Introduction to the Law breaks down legal fundamentals in an accessible and practical way. The guide was written for activists and leaders around the world who are sharp strategists but who may not have had the opportunity, time, or need for a formal legal education. Activists who spend some time with this resource come away with confidence as they use law in their work to address the crisis of TB in prisons.
TB in prisons: a People’s Introduction to the Law is meant to be accessible because our goal is to make the law an accessible tool. If activists wield it well, the law can be a powerful tool for justice and can incite change in prisons.
Read the Full Guide Here
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Response to theGlobal Fund Investment Case
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The Global Fund has a history of doing extraordinary work: few investments have had the impact that the Global Fund has in saving lives, preventing infections and creating strong and resilient health systems. This Investment Case outlines the absolute minimum of what is needed when in fact, we are at a critical moment where the minimum will not be enough to prevent us from sliding back. Please find below and attached a number of resources and tools that can be used to respond to the Investment Case and to advocate for the Global Fund Replenishment.
Resources from GFAN:
Resources from the Global Fund
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HER VOICE: TESTIMONIES FROM UGANDA
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Youth often struggle to be at the “table” at national and other levels, their engagement and meaningful participation is usually minimal either because the table conditions are not youth friendly or they lack mentorship and guidance in order for them to speak up on their own. Peer to Peer Uganda, a youth led and founded organization through the Her Voice Fund in 2018 delved into addressing such a challenge on how the youth are engaged to a more meaningful and inclusive manner.
The organisation conducted a consultative meeting on developing the Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Priorities Charter that focuses on what they want and their engagement in order to enhance the HIV response in the country. To read the full testimony, download the PDF here.
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National CSO Forum Engagements on Domestic resource financing in Malawi
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In Malawi members of Civil Society were engaged in discussions concerning in country domestic resource financing, the purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm ideas and suggest plans and strategies on how Malawi can resource funds using its own resource. The CSO’s reviewed and presented a retrospect of the National HIV Strategic Plans. Based on resource mapping projections, Malawi’s cost of implementing the National HIV Strategic Plan remains around $220 million per year over the course of the 2015-2020. For the years 2015-16 and 2016-17, $87.6M and $80.1M was budgeted by donors and government. In addition, Malawi applied to the Global Fund for an indicative amount of $277M for HIV under the New Funding Model.
Based on funding projections, the plan set forth in the NSP is above Malawi’s funding envelope for HIV. The total cost of the 2015-2020 NSP is estimated to be $1.39 billion over the 5-year period, which compares to a projected funding envelope of approximately $280M per year, or $1.4B over five years. Currently Malawi will be heavily donor dependent at least for this foreseeable future
Malawi could realize U$129M by 2021 in the alternative sources of financing. Potential alternative sources for domestic financing: Tobacco levy, Airline levy, Alcohol levy, Airtime levy etc.
Among Global Fund recipient countries, Malawi is a long way from transitioning out of eligibility, being high-burden and very low-income. Furthermore, the Global Fund and other external donors account for at least 71% of total available resources for HIV in Malawi. Government of Malawi has committed to spend an additional $33.8 million on health in 2018-2020, thus meeting the minimum co-financing commitment required. Of this amount, $10.0 million is already secured as a loan from the World Bank. Given that HIV, TB and malaria account for 44% of the disease burden in Malawi, sustainability of Global Fund–supported programs are linked to raising adequate resources for the health sector.
HEALTH FINANCE REFORMS
- To improve domestic resource mobilization and its effective use, Malawi has developed a Health Financing Strategy and is in the process of operationalizing it with support from other development partners
- Among the key financing reforms underpinning the health financing strategy are: (a) expanding the share of the total budget devoted to health; and (b) working towards establishing a Health Fund
- Other reforms include improving the performance of the Ministry of Health’s headquarters and district offices; decentralizing health services; and improving the mechanisms by which central hospitals collect payments for services.
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
- Malawi needs to quickly make a decision to establish a national HIV Trust Fund to mobilize resources domestically. However wider consultations are needed, already the evidence is available that mobilizing resources domestically is doable
- Taking into account that Malawi is already overtaxed, there is a need to ensure that a flexible tax regime is put in place to cushion the poor
- Civil society working in the national HIV response need to do more by advocating for the setting up a national HIV Trust Fund
- Also taking into account the dwindling HIV financing from donors, there is an urgent need to call for a national dialogue/HIV financing summit
- Malawi needs to avoid securing toxic loans which are contributing to the already escalating foreign debt burden to finance its HIV response
- Government through the national Health Fund should also consider putting HIV financing as part of the health financing reforms, these should not work in isolation
- The parliamentary committee on HIV and health should meet and dialogue effectively with donors, CSOs and other key experts on accelerating efforts in HIV domestic resource mobilization, as for now there is no real progress
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Small Grants Mechanism for civil society
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Management Sciences for Health (MSH), together with the global Civil Society Coordinating Group (CSCG) for the Global Financing Facility (GFF), hosted by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH), is pleased to announce a new Small Grants Mechanism that aims to improve outcomes for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health (WCAH), by supporting better-coordinated civil society efforts to engage in national processes and programmes, with particular focus on the GFF.
Please find the link herefor: 1) the request for proposals (RFP), 2) the proposal template, and 3) templates for the budget and timeline annexes for the Small Grants Mechanism to Support Civil Society Engagement, Alignment, and Coordinated Action for Improved Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health, Particularly in Relation to the Global Financing Facility. The deadline for submission of proposals is midnight Eastern Standard Time (12:00 AM EST) on 5 March 2019.
Coalitions of civil society organizations from one of 31 eligible countries are invited to apply for small grants. Eligible countries include: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia. Proposals can be submitted for up toUSD $70,000 support for activities to be implemented over a 12-month period.
As the Host Organization of the Small Grants Mechanism, MSH is responsible for disbursing, managing, and overseeing grants to country-level civil society coalitions; the Host Organization will also provide and/or help to identify technical assistance to grantees, as needed. For questions regarding the Request for Proposals or the application process, please contact: GFFCSOgrants@msh.org
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USAID - PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO END TUBERCULOSIS:
TB LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS NETWORK PROJECT (LON)
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TB LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS NETWORK PROJECT - USAID is proud to announce the TB Local Organizations Network (LON) Annual Program Statement (APS), as a key component of the USAID Global Accelerator to End Tuberculosis. Through LON, USAID seeks to partner directly with local organizations in USAID TB priority countries to implement locally generated solutions to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention services. Partnering directly with local organizations, including civil society organizations, faith-based organizations, private sector service delivery provider organizations, and academic institutions, LON prioritizes country empowerment and accountability to improve TB services and leverages additional resources in USAID TB priority countries.
LON will build on the capacity and available resources of local institutions to achieve self-reliance of national TB programs. Partnering directly with local institutions and organizations will maximize the potential impact of USAID resources to make sustainable improvements in TB services by accelerating the transition to local accountability and ownership. LON will create new partnerships and opportunities to address the challenges of TB and assist countries as they progress on their Journey to Self-Reliance. Interested local organizations in USAID TB priority countries are encouraged to review the APS on grants.gov by visiting the website below and following the instructions to submit a Concept Paper.The complete announcement:CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
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TB REACH’S WAVE 7 CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS OPEN!
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TB REACH’s Wave 7 round of funding aims to improve TB case finding and treatment outcomes with an emphasis on the empowerment of women and girls to lead key approaches in TB response.If you have innovative ideas, you want to be part of the historical movement to #EndTB and you are eligibleto submit a Stage 1 application, we encourage you to apply!
For more information visit: http://www.stoptb.org/global/awards/tbreach/wave7.asp
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CONTACT THE REGIONAL PLATFOM
Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination for Anglophone Africa
Hosted by EANNASO Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 737 210598 | Email: eannaso@eannaso.org | Website: www.eannaso.org
www.facebook.com/eannaso.org | Twitter: @eannaso
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