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| 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.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)">{{cite journal|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395915002364|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> || | | 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.<ref name="The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)">{{cite journal|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395915002364|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> || | ||
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− | | 2013 || March || || | + | | 2013 || March || || The Global Fund starts transitioning into its new funding model by inviting select early applicants and interim applicants to submit concept notes for funding.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || |
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− | | 2013 || June || || | + | | 2013 || June || || The Global Fund's Twenty-ninth Board Meeting is held. Among other decisions, a new Inspector General is appointed. Also, the Board awards grants to the first three countries to receive funding under the new funding model.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[Wikipedia:Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] ([[wikipedia:Colombo|Colombo]]) |
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− | | 2013 || December || || | + | | 2013 || December || || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014-2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] ([[wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]]) |
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− | | 2014 || March || || | + | | 2014 || March || || Board Members at meeting finalize key elements of the new funding model, set aside money for various special initiatives and appoint committee members at the Thirty-First Board Meeting.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[Wikipedia:Indonesia|Indonesia]] ([[wikipedia:Jakarta|Jakarta]]) |
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− | The | + | | 2014 || March || || The United Kingdom charity [[wikipedia:Comic Relief|Comic Relief]] announces that it has raised £2 million for the Global Fund.<ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || |
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| 2016 || September || || The Global Fund holds the Pledging conference for its Fifth Replenishment, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Justin Trudeau|Justin Trudeau]]. Donor countries, foundations, and private donors pledge US$12.9 billion for the 2017-2019 period. <ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] ([[wikipedia:Montreal|Montreal]]) | | 2016 || September || || The Global Fund holds the Pledging conference for its Fifth Replenishment, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Justin Trudeau|Justin Trudeau]]. Donor countries, foundations, and private donors pledge US$12.9 billion for the 2017-2019 period. <ref name="Global Fund Overview"/> || [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]] ([[wikipedia:Montreal|Montreal]]) |
Revision as of 10:08, 6 May 2017
The present is a Timeline of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, attempting to describe major events concerning the organization.
Big picture
Year/period | Key developments |
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< 2002 | Prior to the Global Fund foundation, AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria together are calculated to cause several millions of deaths per year.[1] |
2002-2013 | The Global Fund is born, starting operations 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.[2] |
2013 < | 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.[2] |
Recent Years | The Global Fund is today the world's largest financier of anti-AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs. As of September 2016, the organization had disbursed US$30 billion to countries and communities in need.[3] |
Full timeline
Year/period | Month and date | Type of event | Event | Location |
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1993 | Antecedent | The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a "global public health emergency".[4] | ||
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.[4] | |
2000 | July | Antecedent | Discussions on the creation of a Fund are held at the 26th G8 summit.[4] | Japan (Okinawa) |
2000 | December | Antecedent | United States president Bill Clinton himself publicly declares AIDS an international security threat at a World AIDS Day commemoration.[4] | |
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.[4] | ||
2001 | April | The foundation of the Global Fund is made concrete by Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan's call to action.[4] | ||
2001 | May 3 | Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan announces that he would donate his US$100,000 award to the new Global Fund, thus making the first private contribution.[5] | ||
2001 | June | The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS).[4] | ||
2001 | June | The Massive Effort Campaign mobilizes the first larger corporate contribution to the Global Fund from Credit Suisse/Winterthur Group for US$1 million.[6] | ||
2001 | June 19 | The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces that it would commit $100 million to the Global Fund over a multi-year period, and uses the occasion to call on other organizations and governments around the world to support the new fund.[7] | ||
2001 | July | The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the 27th G8 summit.[4] | Italy (Genoa) | |
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.[8][1] | Switzerland (Geneva) |
2002 | February | The Round 1 Call for Proposals is launched.[1] | ||
2002 | April | The Global Fund announces its first round of grants, through which $616 million for 36 countries would be dispersed over two years.[8][4][1] | ||
2002 | July | In his speech to the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Global Fund executive director Richard Feachem states 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".[4] | ||
2002 | December | The Global Fund disburses its first US$1 million.[1] | ||
2003 | January | Global Fund Fourth Board Meeting approves second round of grant proposals (US$900 million in grants to 72 countries).[8][1] | ||
2003 | August | The total disbursements by the Global Fund to countries surpass US$100 million.[1] | ||
2003 | October | The Sixth Board Meeting by the Global Fund is held. The Board approves third round of grant proposals (more than US$600 million for 61 countries).[8][1] | Thailand (Chiang Mai) | |
2003 | December | Disbursements at the end of 2003 by the Global Fund totals US$232 million.[1] | ||
2004 | March | The Global Funds holds its Seventh Board Meeting. Round 4 Call for Proposals is launched.[1] | Switzerland (Geneva) | |
2004 | June | The Global Funds holds its Eighth Board Meeting. The Board approves fourth round of grant proposals (US$968 million for 69 grants in 50 countries).[8][1] | Switzerland (Geneva) | |
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 million families with insecticide-treated mosquito nets.[8] | ||
2005 | April 25 | The Global Fund approves 33 grants to enter phase 2.[8] | ||
2005 | September | The Global Fund holds its Eleventh Board Meeting. The Round 5 proposals are approved for US$382 million for 26 grants in 20 countries.[1] | Switzerland (Geneva) | |
2005 | December | The Global Fund holds its Twelfth Board Meeting. The Board votes to fully fund Round 5, allocating new grants for US$719 million.[1] | Morocco (Marrakesh) | |
2007 | September | The Global Fund concludes its Second Replenishment with a total amount of US$9.7 billion pledged for the period 2008-2010.[1] | ||
2007 | November | The Global Fund holds its Sixteenth Board Meeting. The Board approves 73 grants in Round 7 of funding for a total of US$1.1 billion, for 136 countries.[1] | China Kunming | |
2008 | November | The Global Fund holds its Eighteenth Board Meeting. The Board approves 94 Round 8 grants for a total value of US$2.75 billion (the highest amount ever approved). The Round 9 Call for Proposals is launched.[1] | India (New Delhi) | |
2009 | November | The Global Fund holds its Twentieth Board Meeting. The Board approves Round 9 grants for a total value of US$2.4 billion.[1] | Ethiopia (Addis Abeba) | |
2010 | March | The preparatory meeting for the Third Replenishment is held. Global Fund launches its Born HIV Free campaign, with aims at contributing to the effort for preventing children to be born with HIV.[9][1] | Netherlands (The Hague) | |
2010 | October | The United States president Barack Obama administration announces a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund. It would be the first time the United States make a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund.[10] | ||
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.[2] | |
2013 | March | The Global Fund starts transitioning into its new funding model by inviting select early applicants and interim applicants to submit concept notes for funding.[1] | ||
2013 | June | The Global Fund's Twenty-ninth Board Meeting is held. Among other decisions, a new Inspector General is appointed. Also, the Board awards grants to the first three countries to receive funding under the new funding model.[1] | Sri Lanka (Colombo) | |
2013 | December | The United States president Barack Obama administration at the White House hosts the Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment, and launches the 2014-2016 replenishment cycle with a total amount of US$12 billion pledged.[1] | United States (Washington D.C.) | |
2014 | March | Board Members at meeting finalize key elements of the new funding model, set aside money for various special initiatives and appoint committee members at the Thirty-First Board Meeting.[1] | Indonesia (Jakarta) | |
2014 | March | The United Kingdom charity Comic Relief announces that it has raised £2 million for the Global Fund.[1] | ||
2016 | September | The Global Fund holds the Pledging conference for its Fifth Replenishment, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Donor countries, foundations, and private donors pledge US$12.9 billion for the 2017-2019 period. [1] | Canada (Montreal) |
See also
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 "theglobalfund.org". Global Fund Overview. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)". doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.001. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ↑ "Global Fund collects almost USD 13 bn for AIDS, malaria and TB". business-standard.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "Global plagues and the Global Fund: Challenges in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria". biomedcentral.com. doi:10.1186/1472-698X-3-2. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "Annan gives prize money to AIDS Fund". nature.com. doi:10.1038/88998. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Winterthur Insurance provides the first major corporate contribution to the Global Fund". Thebody.com. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ↑ "Gates Announces $100 Commitment to the Global Fund". Gates Foundation. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Global health the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria is responding to challenges but needs better information and documentation for performancebased funding : report to congressional committees. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "'BORN HIV FREE' campaign launched by The Global Fund". unaids.org. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ "The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria". kff.org. Retrieved 29 April 2017.