ACTION partners selected to serve on new Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria Committees
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By: Jove Oliver
ACTION is excited to announce that two members of the ACTION partnership, Joanne Carter, Executive Director of RESULTS Educational Fund, and Allan Ragi, Executive Director of the Kenya AIDS NGO Consortium, have been appointed to serve on newly created Global Fund committees. Joanne will act as the Developed Country NGO representative on the Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee (SIIC), while Allan will be the Developing Country NGOs representative on the Finance and Operational Performance Committee (FOPC).
The SIIC and FOPC are two of the three committees created at the Global Fund's Twenty-Fifth Board meeting in Accra, Ghana, as part of a continued effort to reform their governance structure and fully implement recommendations made by the High Level Panel to streamline the committee structure. The Finance and Operational Performance Committee (FOPC) is mandated to provide oversight of the Fund's financial resources and ensure optimal performance in the operations and corporate management of the Secretariat, while the Strategy, Investment, and Impact Committee (SIIC) is chartered to provide oversight of the strategic direction of the Global Fund and ensure the optimal impact and performance of its investments in health.
These appointments, as well as the selection of Lucy Cheshire, a close ACTION ally, as the Communities representative on the SIIC, are an exciting opportunity for ACTION to contribute to the Global Fund's work of increasing efficiency, inclusion, and effectiveness.
"Our ACTION partners have been committed to the life-saving work of the Global Fund since its inception a decade ago." said ACTION Director Kolleen Bouchane. "ACTION is excited to be represented on the new committees by Joanne Carter and Allan Ragi, brilliant leaders within our partnership and on global health. In this moment of funding uncertainly for the Global Fund, just as the end of AIDS has become a real possibility, their work - the work of all those committed to seeing the Global Fund sustain and scale-up - is absolutely critical."
To date, the Global Fund has committed US$ 22.6 billion in 150 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
More information on these new committees can be found here
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