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| 2000 || January || Antecedent ||  The [[wikipedia:United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council]] calls an unprecedented session on the threat to [[wikipedia:Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa]] of [[wikipedia:HIV/AIDS|HIV/AIDS]], and prompts the United States government to appoint a National Science Council on the security threat posed by Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
 
| 2000 || January || Antecedent ||  The [[wikipedia:United Nations Security Council|United Nations Security Council]] calls an unprecedented session on the threat to [[wikipedia:Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa]] of [[wikipedia:HIV/AIDS|HIV/AIDS]], and prompts the United States government to appoint a National Science Council on the security threat posed by Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
 
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| 2000 || July || Antecedent || "GFATM" " The Fund was born out of discussions at the Okinawa G8 Summit in July 2000"<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> || Japan
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| 2000 || July || Antecedent || Discussions on the creation of a Fund are held at the [[wikipedia:26th G8 summit|26th G8 summit]].<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> || Japan (Okinawa)
 
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| 2000 || December || Antecedent || United States president [[wikipedia:Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]] himself publicly declares AIDS an international security threat at a [[wikipedia:World AIDS Day|World AIDS Day]] commemoration.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
 
| 2000 || December || Antecedent || United States president [[wikipedia:Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]] himself publicly declares AIDS an international security threat at a [[wikipedia:World AIDS Day|World AIDS Day]] commemoration.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
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| 2001 || || Background || HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together account for 11.4% of all disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) globally and 31.5% in Africa.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria">{{cite web|title=Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria|url=https://bmcinthealthhumrights.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-698X-3-2|website=biomedcentral.com|accessdate=29 April 2017|doi=10.1186/1472-698X-3-2}}</ref> ||
 
| 2001 || || Background || HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together account for 11.4% of all disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) globally and 31.5% in Africa.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria">{{cite web|title=Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria|url=https://bmcinthealthhumrights.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-698X-3-2|website=biomedcentral.com|accessdate=29 April 2017|doi=10.1186/1472-698X-3-2}}</ref> ||
 
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| 2001 || April || || The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by [[wikipedia:Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[wikipedia:Kofi Annan|Kofi Annan]]'s call to action.<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
 
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| 2001 || June || || "Bolstered by the subsequent United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in June 2001"<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||
 
| 2001 || June || || "Bolstered by the subsequent United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in June 2001"<ref name="Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria"/> ||

Revision as of 11:15, 5 May 2017

Big picture

Year/period Key developments
2002-2013 The Global Fund operates via a ‘rounds-based model’ whereby proposals from eligible geographical locations are developed and submitted during designated funding windows, with guidance from the Global Fund and its partners.[1]
2013 onwards The Global Fund adopts new strategy, eliminating rounds-base models and determining funding allocations for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.[1]

Full timeline

Year/period Month and date Type of event Event Location
1993 Antecedent The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a "global public health emergency".[2]
2000 January Antecedent The United Nations Security Council calls an unprecedented session on the threat to Sub-Saharan Africa of HIV/AIDS, and prompts the United States government to appoint a National Science Council on the security threat posed by Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases.[2]
2000 July Antecedent Discussions on the creation of a Fund are held at the 26th G8 summit.[2] Japan (Okinawa)
2000 December Antecedent United States president Bill Clinton himself publicly declares AIDS an international security threat at a World AIDS Day commemoration.[2]
2001 Background HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together account for 11.4% of all disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) globally and 31.5% in Africa.[2]
2001 April The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan's call to action.[2]
2001 June "Bolstered by the subsequent United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in June 2001"[2]
2001 July "Bolstered by the G8 Summit in Genoa, July 2001"[2] Switzerland
2002 January Foundation The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is established as a private Swiss foundation to increase spending for the prevention and treatment for the three diseases.[3][4] Switzerland (Geneva)
2002 April The Global Fund announces its first round of grants, through which $616 million for 36 countries would be dispersed over two years.[3][2][4]
2002 July "in his July 2002 speech to the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, GFATM executive director Richard Feachem reiterated this dedication. He stated that the first round of grants "will double the current number of people receiving Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in the developing world and in Africa HAART recipients will increase six fold as a result of these commitments""[2]
2003 January Board approves second round of grant proposals.[3]
2003 October Board approves third round of grant proposals.[3]
2004 June Board approves fourth round of grant proposals.[3]
2005 March The Global Fund reports that across all grants, it has provided antiretroviral treatment to 130,000 people with AIDS, tested 1,000,000 people voluntarily for HIV, supported 385,000 tb patients with directly observed short-course therapy, given more than 300,000 people new, more effective treatments for malaria, and supplied more than 1.35 millionj families with insecticide-treated mosquito nets.[3]
2005 April 25 The Global Fund approves 33 grants to enter phase 2.[3]
2010 October "In October 2010, the administration announced a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund – the first time the U.S. made a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund."[5]
2013 February Policy The Global Fund announces a new funding model, under which funding allocations would be determined for each eligible country based on calculations of country income and national disease burden.[1]

See also