News & Updates

Yesterday (Monday May 6th) W4GF hosted a webinar on cervical cancer: What’s being funded through the Global Fund? Where are the opportunities for partnership and engagement? 23 participants joined this vibrant discussion to review and understand the global response to cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with 570,000 new cases and […]

Join W4GF on Monday, May 6th for a webinar on Cervical Cancer BACKGROUND Since 2006, globally, one third of countries have introduced HPV vaccination in the national vaccination schedule. However, large inequities exist: while 70% of high-income countries have introduced HPV vaccination, only 20% of middle-income and 6% of low-income countries have done so. In May […]

ADVOCACY BRIEF: THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL FUND’S ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY 2020 – 2022 1.  Introduction In Women4GlobalFund’s (W4GF) most recently webinar (click here to listen to the full recording) the Global Fund provided an overview of current thinking around the allocation methodology for the 2020-2022 funding cycle. This paper serves to provide an update W4GF Advocates […]

Women4GlobalFund World Malaria Day Statement – Zero Malaria Starts with Me To download the full W4GF statement click here. Why the Global Malaria Response Is Important for Women? Whilst all people exposed to malaria can be affected, the risks of exposure and limitationsto accessing adequate prevention and treatment remain disproportionately high amongst women. (UNDP December […]

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN ALL OUR DIVERSITY TO SUPPORT AND INFORM WHO PRIORITIES  The World Health Organization (WHO), building on past collaboration with women living with HIV, is seeking to establish an advisory group of women living with HIV. Directors of the WHO departments of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) and HIV have led a […]

An interactive, multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage (UHC) will convene on 29 April, in preparation for the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) High-level Meeting on UHC, which will take place on 23 September 2019. W4GF Advocates working who will be attending this multi-stakeholder hearing on UHC in April should apply to be part of this additional […]

W4GF welcomes this new publications produced by the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) titled Getting to know the Civil Society and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Delegations to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. An Information note for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This document was compiled specifically for civil […]

Check out the Women4GlobalFund Accountability Toolkit! This Community-Based Monitoring and Feedback (CBMF) Accountability Toolkit, will support W4GF’s third objective related to Accountability. This is to ensure accountability and critique of Global Fund investments. Supporting women in implementing countries to effectively influence national processes by tracking Global Fund supported programmes and services to inform stronger programming for […]

Join W4GF on Tuesday, April 2nd for a webinar on the Global Fund Allocation Methodology BACKGROUND In May 2016, The Global Fund Board approved USD 800 million for catalytic investments to accelerate country allocations to ensure they deliver against the 2017-2022 Global Fund Strategy, Investing to End Epidemics. The catalytic investments include Matching Funds ($346 million), […]

Today is World TB day. As the world scales up action and accelerates important efforts to end TB, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO End TB Strategy, we must work hard to close the gaps that cause women and men with TB to be marginalised and left behind. Worldwide, approximately 10 million people […]