Global Fund [to 22 August 2015]
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/

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:: Ghana Takes Big Step in Health with New Global Fund Grants
18 August 2015
ACCRA, Ghana – In a ceremony hosted by the president of Ghana, the Government of Ghana and the Global Fund today strengthened their partnership by signing new grants for US$ 248 million to substantially increase the number of people receiving prevention, treatment and care for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
The financial resources provided through the Global Fund come from many sources and partners, represented today at a signing event held at the presidential palace by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, the UK Department for International Development, France, Germany, Japan, the European Union, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Korea, UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO, among others.
The seven new grants will build resilient and sustainable systems for health, fund HIV treatment for an additional 56,736 people, increase malaria treatment coverage for children under five and significantly expand diagnosis and treatment for TB.

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:: Life-saving HIV treatment for adults and children arrives in Ukraine
17 August 2015

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:: Standard Bank partners with the Global Fund on CSI initiatives in Africa
17 August 2015
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – An expanded partnership between Standard Bank and the Global Fund aims to provide better financial tools and skills to organizations implementing programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa.
This is an extension of the pro-bono agreement signed in 2008 between the two organizations. The partnership, which was signed on 15 April 2015, extends the relationship between the two organizations for an additional three years.
The Global Fund mobilizes and invests US$4 billion a year to combat the AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics. It supports programs run by local experts in countries and communities most in need. More than 50 percent of that funding is directed to countries in Africa.
The partnership between Standard Bank and the Global Fund focuses on improving the financial skills and management expertise of Global Fund implementers. These include government health ministries, faith-based organizations, non-government organizations and private sector foundations…