Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

USAID provides support to Global Fund TB grants in order to achieve the global TB targets. Specifically, USAID provided technical assistance in:

1. Preparing Global Fund proposals and detailed implementation plans
2. Training on developing Procurement and Supply Management plans to enable countries to access funds for procurement
3. Supporting country-level assessment visits of the Green Light Committee – the STOP TB mechanism that ensures compliance in the management of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB)
4. Training consultants in advocacy, communication, and social mobilization (ACS) in preparation for applications, and deploying these consultants to assist Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) with preparation of ACS plans for inclusion in applications
5. Addressing country-level financial management constraints
6. Providing TB/HIV-related technical assistance for applicants
7. Conducting human resource assessments to determine existing capacity and training needs
8. Funding Management Sciences for Health (MSH), which is supporting Stop TB by sharing the responsibility for issues relating to drug procurement and supply in the development of the Global TB Drug Facility, as well as the expansion of the DOTS program and the building of human and institutional capacity to diagnose and treat TB

For more information, visit The Global Fund Web site at http://www.theglobalfund.org/.