Timeline of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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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 The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) i.[2]
2001 July The foundation of the Global Fund is supported by the 27th G8 summit.[2] 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.[3][4] Switzerland (Geneva)
2002 February The Round 1 Call for Proposals is launched.[4]
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 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".[2]
2002 December The Global Fund disburses its first US$1 million.[4]
2003 January Global Fund Fourth Board Meeting approves second round of grant proposals (US$900 million in grants to 72 countries).[3][4]
2003 August The total disbursements by the Global Fund to countries surpass US$100 million.[4]
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).[3][4] Thailand (Chiang Mai)
2003 December Disbursements at the end of 2003 by the Global Fund totals US$232 million.[4]
2004 March The Global Funds holds its Seventh Board Meeting. Round 4 Call for Proposals is launched.[4] 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).[3][4] 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.[3]
2005 April 25 The Global Fund approves 33 grants to enter phase 2.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4] Morocco (Marrakech)
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.[4] China Kunming
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.[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]

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