The Global Fund in the Middle East and North Africa

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The Global Fund in the Middle East and North
Africa

• 6th MENA Regional Meeting
• 21 23 April 2009, AMMAN, Jordan
• Hind Khatib-Othman
• Director
• Eastern Europe Central Asia, Latin America and
  the Caribbean, Middle East North Africa, and
  LFA Management

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Global Fund Resources by Region
Percentages of total funds approved by the Board,
including Phase 2 RCC
100 US 15 billion
OP/011208/2
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The MENA Portfolio
GFATM MENA
Over 583 Grants in 140 countries 70 Grants in 16
countries
Total Life-Time Budget of Approved Proposals
GFATM MENA
US 23.8 billion US 1.5 billion
Total Disbursed
Over US 7.2 billion Over US 417 million
GFATM MENA
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MENA - Approval Rate per Round
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MENA - Distribution per Principal Recipient Type
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MENA - Distribution of Portfolio by Disease
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Results Achieved - Global
People Reached (December 2008)
2,000,000
4,600,000
70,000,000
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Results Achieved - MENA
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MENA Success Stories

• Strong partnerships (WHO EMFRO and UNAIDS MENA)
• More inclusive CCMs
• Engagement of religious leaders in the fight
  against HIV/AIDS
• Achievement of agreed targets
• Results in countries in crisis (e.g. Somalia,
  Iraq, Chad)
• satisfactory performance of the majority of
  grants(B1 rating)
• Achievement ratio of 100 in eight grants (from
  XX countries), half of which are HIV grants
• Phase 2 Board Decisions (100 approval rate)
• Enhanced Financial Reporting (EFR)

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MENA - Challenges

• Meaningful participation of civil society and the
  private sector on CCMs
• Limited number of Civil Society as PRs and/or SRs
• Capacity building of SRs
• Procurement and supply management (e.g.
  in-country laws, quantities of requested
  pharmaceuticals)
• Surveillance
• Health systems
• Timely reporting

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MENA - Opportunities

• Friends of the Fund
• Engagement of Board constituency
• Strengthening partnerships to ensure scalability
• South to South partnerships
• Dual-track financing (strengthening civil
  society)
• Private sector involvement
• Scale-up to ensure incidence rates are kept to a
  minimum (targeting vulnerable groups)
• Work on impact projects e.g. Arabian peninsula
  free of malaria