The Global Fund’s Unique Model

The Global Fund unites world leaders, communities, civil society, health workers and the private sector to find solutions that have the most impact and then scales them worldwide.

Largest Multilateral Funder Of Global Health Grants

The Global Fund is the world’s largest multilateral funder of global health grants in low- and middle-income countries.

Country-Led Responses

Countries take the lead in determining where and how to best fight AIDS, TB and malaria, tailoring their own response and taking into consideration their political, cultural and epidemiological context.

Community Participation At All Levels

Communities affected by HIV, TB and malaria participate at all levels of the response, and by strengthening their leadership the Global Fund ensures the response is better tailored to their needs.

Three-Year Funding Cycle

The Global Fund raises funds on a three-year cycle, bringing longer term predictability in programing and reinforcing resilient and sustainable health and community systems.

Inclusive Governing Board

The Global Fund’s Board sets the strategy, governs the institution and approves all funding decisions. It includes members from donor and implementer governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, private foundations and affected communities.

Market Shaping & Price Reduction

This effective partnership allows the Global Fund to lower prices of lifesaving medicines and health equipment and increase the quality of vital health tools.

Staff of the Global Fund supported Mobile Clinic, outside the clinic in Tserovani, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia, on December 10, 2021. The mobile clinic provides active screening for six diseases, including HIV and TB.

Drives co-financing

The Global Fund’s co-financing approach encourages countries to commit additional domestic resources to health programs as a requirement to receive Global Fund grants, fostering greater country ownership and accountability.

Resty Nakate, a Warehouse Officer at the National Medical Stores (NMS), scans medical kits at the warehouse in Entebbe, Uganda. The Global Fund/Brian Otieno

Highly efficient

The Global Fund maintains one of the lowest operating cost ratios in global health and leverages its scale and market shaping capabilities to make every dollar go further.

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How market shaping allows the Global Fund to lower prices of life-saving medicine and health equipment

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Accelerating country transitions

By scaling access to new prevention and treatment tools, the Global Fund partnership not only advances progress toward ending the AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics, but also supports countries in transitioning toward self-sustaining, nationally led health programs—building stronger, more resilient health systems in the process.

 

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