The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

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The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic
Filariasis
Update from the Global Alliance Executive Group
Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Americas,
6th Regional Program Managers Meeting (San José,
Costa Rica, October 2005)
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The Global Alliance

• The GAELF is a free, non-restrictive partnership
  forum consisting of the countries and
  organizations from public and private sectors,
  academia, governmental bodies and NGOs, for
• exchange of ideas and sharing of information
• coordination of activities
• raising awareness of LF
• gathering support for the Global Program to
  eliminate LF
• The Global Program comprises the national
  programs of all the endemic countries, and is
  coordinated by the World Health Organization with
  the goal to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by
  2020.

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GAELF Executive Group

• The EG will guide the development and
  implementation of
• Communication strategies for the Global Alliance
• Advocacy strategies for the Global Alliance
• Partnership development strategies to support the
  Global Program and endemic countries
• Engage and maintain communications with major
  donors and partners
• Prepare for the next meeting of the Global
  Alliance
• The EG will maintain regular contact with the
  Representative Contact Group as to the direction
  and progress of ongoing efforts.

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Executive Group Members

• Yankum Dadzie Chair
• Patrick Lammie Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention (CDC)
• Francesco Rio World Health Organization (WHO)
• Bjorn Thylefors Mectizan Donation Program
• Andy Wright GlaxoSmithKline

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Representative Contact Group (RCG)

• The RCG is made up of 30 representatives selected
  by the different partner groups at the business
  session at each GAELF meeting. The RCG
• Appoints members of the EG at the business
  session of the GAELF meeting
• Serves as a link between the EG and the Alliance
  partners
• Will translate the vision, polices and
  recommendations of the Alliance into a work plan
  with priorities for the EG
• Select the President of the Global Alliance.
• Be responsible for communicating with their
  constituency groups/countries regarding Global
  Alliance and Executive Group initiatives.
• Will actively support the implementation of
  fundraising and advocacy efforts of the Global
  Alliance as formulated by the Executive Group.

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Representative Contact Group (RCG)

• RCG Members in Americas Region
• Marie Denise Milord Haiti
• To be named Dominican Republic
• João Batista RPRG, Chair

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Activities of Executive Group

• Since GAELF3, Cairo
• Regular teleconferences and face-to-face meetings
• Action Plan with timelines developed from the
  outcomes of the Working Groups recommendations of
  GAELF 3
• Alliance newsletters (2) and EG Updates (6)
• Advocacy and fundraising activities
• Planning for GAELF4, Fiji

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Fundraising and Advocacy
Foundations Companies Fundraising team led by Pam Wuichet Becky Castle, PJ Hooper, Molly Brady (US), Tasha Boerner (Eur), Sandra Libunao (Intl)
HPIC LF funds World Bank visits to Ghana and Tanzania to lobby for Burkina Faso visit planned.
DFID centre plus New five-year grant awarded to Liverpool for support funding for Tanzania, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Bangladesh
Izumi Foundation Support to Zanzibar
Annie Casey Foundation Support to CDC for treatment of immigrants in USA
Country-level advocacy Sandra Libunao, collaboration with Red Cross, Benin Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, milk production companies, Niger and others

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Fundraising and Advocacy

• New Prospects

Gates LOI submitted
Global Health Council Advocacy for neglected diseases
OPEC Funds Proposals about to be submitted
OSI Proposals about to be submitted
Starr Foundation To submit proposal by December
Global Fund Proposals submitted, following Workshop held in Lome for five African Francophone countries services
Bilaterals Approaches made to Austria, Belgium and France
KiwanisAlso Rotary Clubs Cultivating relationship
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The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation

• Then
• Interests included using Foundation support to
  catalyze public-health activities
• Original grant supported mapping, purchase of DEC
  and country program activities

• Now
• Interests are focused on the development of new
  technologies
• New LOI focuses on operational research
• Response from Foundation pending

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Personal Observations

• Major donors focus on HIV, TB and malaria.
• In this competitive environment, it is unlikely
  that a major donor for the Global Program will be
  identified.
• Fund-raising for LF has to start at the country
  level.
• Funds for DEC and ICT cards are especially
  critical.
• We need your help!

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North America Europe International
Anne E. Casey Foundation Aga Khan Foundation Africa Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
American India Foundation Benard van Leer Foundation Aga Khan Foundation (Kenya)
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Fondation de France Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Catholic Foundation of Northern Georgia Fondazione Medikinale International Parma Prix East African Association of Grantmakers
CDC Foundation Leonardo Ford Foundation - East Africa
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterrand Nippon Foundation
Ellison Medical Foundation Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
Ford Foundation Gulbenkian Foundation Rockefeller Foundation (Eastern and Southern Africa Program)
Geronimo Funds John Ellerman Foundation Rotary Club (Kenya)
Izumi Foundation New Philanthropy Capital SAGA
Katherine J. Murphy Foundation Nuffield Trust W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Kiwanis International OPEC Fund for International Development
Rockefeller Foundation The Health Foundation  
Rotary International ( Atlanta club)    
Starr Foundation    
The African Grantmakers' Affinity Group    
The Atlantic Philanthropies Inc.    
Woodruff Foundation    
Foundations
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North America Europe International
Citigroup Foundation ABN-Amro Celtel International (Burkina Faso, Kenya)
Corporate Council on Africa BP International Coca-Cola Africa Foundation
GE Foundation British Airways plc Diageo Guinness (Ghana, Kenya)
Honeywell Specialty Materials Celtel International Fasoplast (Burkina Faso)
Johnson Johnson Corporate Giving Coca-Cola Foundation GSK (East Africa, Kenya)
Levi Strauss Co. Contributions Fasoplast Hemas Holding Ltd (Sri Lanka)
Merck Co., Inc. Fondation d'Entreprise du Groupe Air France Holcim Ltd (Sri Lanka)
New England Biolabs GlaxoSmithKline Nation Media Group Ltd. (Kenya)
Terason Heineken International Nestle (Kenya)
US Council for International Business Marks Spencer Phoenix Industries (Sri Lanka)
  Novartis Foundation Shell International (Kenya)
  Shell International Standard Chartered Bank (Kenya)
  Standard Chartered Bank Tourism Promotion Services (Kenya)
  Total Unilever (Ghana, Kenya)
    Industrial Promotion Services/Plastics Rubber Industries Ltd. (Kenya)
Belgian Embassy Economic Affairs DFID (UK)  
Canadian International Development Agency Directorate General for Development and Cooperation, Belgium  
NIH/Fogarty International Center French Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
UNICEF GTZ - German Technical Cooperation  
USAID Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation  
World Bank Royal Danish Embassy  
Private Sector
Bilaterals