South African National AIDS Council facilitates signing of new Global Fund grant, 12 May

• Published date: 11 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) will on Thursday, 12 May facilitate the signing of the new Global Fund grant valued over R8,8 billion for the next three-year cycle for HIV and TB response at GCIS offices in Pretoria.

At country level, the grant is administered through a structure known as the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (GF-CCM) which is chaired by the SANAC CEO, Dr. Thembisile Xulu and is co-chaired by a SANAC Civil Society Forum Deputy Chairperson, Mr. Solly Nduku. The GF-CCM is a multi-stakeholder structure mandated by the Global Fund to oversee grant implementation and features representatives from government, civil society, development partners and the private sector.

The Global Fund has approved an amount of US$546,766,625 for the period April 2022 - March 2025, which will continue to support the HIV programme and expand the...