Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)

Facing US$2.2 billion in outstanding donor pledges, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria cancelled its Round 11 of funding in November 2011. In the months since, several international organizations have undertaken research to ascertain not only the impacts of Round 11’s cancellation but also of general funding shortages at the multilateral funding mechanism.

This session on Wednesday 25th at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington brings this research together for the first time, and aims to provide national and international advocates with an accurate overview to bolster resource mobilisation advocacy. 

 

DATE & TIME: Wednesday 25 July – 1530-1830

 

 

 

David Barr, The Fremont Center – HIV: Round 11 impact and gaps based on the unpublished UNAIDS survey

Kerstin Akerfeldt, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Losing Ground: How funding shortfalls and the cancellation of the Global Fund's Round 11 are jeopardising the fight against HIV & TB

Mandy Slutsker, RESULTS – The Global Fund: Progress at risk - Opportunities and obstacles in the fight against TB and TB-HIV

Susie McLean, HIV/AIDS Alliance – HIV, Drug Use and the Global Fund: Don’t Stop Now!

Sergey Votyagov, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network – Global Fund’s retrenchment s and the looming crisis for harm reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Laura Lopez Gonzalez, Open Society Foundations  – The First to Go: How Communities are being affected by the Global Fund Crisis  

Mike Podmore, HIV/AIDS Alliance – Don’t Stop Now – How underfunding the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria impacts on the HIV response