Title: Executive Director's Report to the 12th Board Meeting
1Executive Director's Report to the 12th Board
Meeting
2Outcome of RBM Change Initiative
- First Board Meeting since finalization of 12
month process - Clarity provided by Change Initiative has created
greater understanding of Secretariat functions
and Partners roles and responsibilities - Resulting in more positive profile of RBM
Partnership, energized teams and working groups,
intense period of productivity
3Objectives of six month report
- Malaria Landscape share tangible achievements
and progress in the fight against malaria since
last Board - Report on actions taken following 11th Board
Decisions - Report on follow-up to Dakar Appeal
- Provide overview of current challenges facing the
Partnership -
4Malaria Landscape
- Malaria remains high on Political Agenda
- More partners engaged in rolling back malaria
- Partnership focused on country level results
- Continued progress for scale-up
5Malaria remains high on political agenda
- White House Summit (December 2006)
- Launch of African Union Communication Strategy
for Malaria Elimination Campaign at meeting of
African Union Health Ministers ( April) - DATA Report for G8 now includes malaria
- Parliamentarian involvement UK Report on
Malaria Financing continued EU engagement.
6More Partners Engaged in Rolling Back Malaria
- Private Sector
- Global Business Coalition for HIV TB and Malaria
- Coalition Against Malaria in Africa ( CAMA)
- NGOs
- Malaria No More (inc. Grassroots)
- Country Advocacy Coalitions
- Friends of the Fund Africa
- Community networks of PLWHA
- Inter-parliamentary groups
- New Donors
- 18 African countries joined OECD middle income
countries in UNITAID - Foundations
- Clinton Foundation
7Partnership focused on country level results
- Strong Partner commitment through Harmonization
Working Group - high level of engagement in country support for
successful GFATM Round 7 - validation of SUFI plans in progress
- Africa Malaria Day - intensified advocacy and
unified themes Leadership Partnership for
Results -
8Continued progress for Scale-Up
- Increased procurement of LLINS from 73.4
million to 100.3 million over 1st quarter 2007 (
ACT figures not yet available) - Increased coverage through widespread LLIN
immunisation campaigns all under fives in
Rwanda over 40 in Ethiopia IRS adopted in
more countries - ACT home based initiatives launched ( Rwanda )
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- Increased impact - more countries documenting
decrease in morbidity and mortality i.e. decline
in under five mortality of up to 50 in pilot
districts of Tanzania with ITN and ACT roll out
9Continued progress for Scale-Up
- New Products Promising PPP Initiatives
- Bayer KO-Tab 1,2,3, DNDi Sanofi ASAQ BASF
Interceptor - ACT fixed dose combination, MMV- 4 products in
pipeline - Innovative Vector Control Consortium
10Translating 11th Board Decisions into Action
- Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
- Partner Facilitation
- Procurement and Supply management
- Advocacy
- Governance
- Hosting
11Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
- Secretariat developed prioritized work plan based
on committed funding at end of November 2006 - From approved US9.5 million to prioritised US
8.3 million - 61 of prioritized budget available for use 39
still to come.
12Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
13Secretariat Functions
14Secretariat Staffing
- Delayed implementation of Board Decision to make
all posts Fixed Term. - Secretariat has continued to operated under
pressure and overload since last Board . This is
not sustainable. - Fixed Term post descriptions classification
finally approved advertising of posts will
commence for 1 month from today.
15Partner Facilitation
- Harmonization WG Up and running (meetings,
telecons, leverage finance) - Providing support to 20 CCMs for GF Round 7
proposal development - Validation of Zambia and Mozambique SUFI plans
have been initiated - Working with SRNs and endemic country
constituency Reps to harmonize implementation
support for SUFI (1st meeting held 9 May 2007) - Tools methodologies for gap analysis, costing,
validation, and ME have been developed and field
tested and used to improve GF tools. - Sub-Regional Networks all 4 up and running
first quarter meetings held, telecons, leverage
finance secured etc. - Each SRN has a joint workplan for 2007 to
coordinate technical support
16Procurement SupplyManagement
- Secretariat facilitated convening of PSM Task
Force - Terms of Reference for PSAM WG approved by EC
- Task force is finalizing Functions, and Roles and
Responsibilities of Partners , PSMWG and role of
Secretariat - Secretariat continues to build database of
commodities with inputs from partners - High expectation from 11th Board that PSM
functions will be resolved this demands that we
move faster.
17Advocacy
- MAWG first meeting convened Jan 2007 completed
TORs, Work-plan, selection of Co-Chairs. - Two of three Board endorsed Goodwill Ambassadors
have accepted nomination one is formally engaged
- Global Advocacy Strategic Framework epublished
in French and English - Agreements with RBM Partners on deployment of RBM
Goodwill Ambassadors under discussion.
18Governance
- Executive Committee formed, membership confirmed,
communication mechanisms established - Constituency Representation
- Election of new Board members organized i.e NGOs,
Research and academia, malaria endemic countries
(elected through sub-regional entities ) will
facilitate election of Board Chair and Vice Chair - Working Groups
- Initiated the work-planning process in line with
November recommendations . - Consultations held with WHO/ GMP clarifying roles
and responsibilities of RBM WGs and Technical
Expert Groups
19Hosting
- Memorandum of Understanding signed by RBM Board
Chair and Acting Director General WHO on December
14, 2006. Evaluation planned after one year. - Assessment of current and future hosting options
will be presented.
20Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (1)
- Closing the Gaps Harmonization Working Group
successfully intervened to mobilise resources for
ACTs ie Burundi and Liberia. PMI, WB Booster,
UNITAID and GF in process of harmonizing inputs. -
- Political Will the need to achieve 15 country
level health expenditure targets highlighted in
recent African Union Communication Strategy for
Malaria country commitment to reduce or
eliminate taxes and tariffs on ITNs needs more
attention
21Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (2)
- Mutual Accountability for Results tracking
tools developed by consensus ( MERG) widespread
deployment now required - Moving Commodities Faster PSM WG functions will
address country level procurement bottlenecks
pooled procurement has been proposed by GFATM
WHO pre-qualification - efforts are being made to
speed up process
22Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (3)
- ACT Roll Out - advocacy for ACTs to be recognised
as "life saving" ongoing Global Subsidy
discussions ongoing strategies being developed
for countries facing treatment shortages early
warning systems donors ready to support
countries ( i.e. UNITAID) -
- M E Capacity Building and Joint Reporting
tools and indicators agreed (MERG) strategy to
ensure adequate ME capacity being developed - ( MACEPA)
23Challenges
- Mobilize new resources and secure existing
available funds successful GF Round 7 advocacy
to secure WB, PMI, UNITAID and GF resources new
funding -
- Make the money work improve performance at
country level working groups fully supported to
be able to assist countries overcome bottlenecks
24Challenges
- Monitoring Evaluation tracking tools deployed,
e.g. roll out of Malaria Indicator Survey - Accountability deploy tools to measure partner
Secretariat performance - Secretariat Work-plan fully funded approx
US1million still needs to be found Secretariat
in Geneva and sub region fully staffed