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17 June 2016
Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Global Drug Facility
GENEVA – The Stop TB Partnership today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to optimize access to TB health products and pharmaceutical services in countries receiving Global Fund financing for TB.

The Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) is the largest supplier of quality assured patient treatments, including first line drugs, second line drugs and pediatric formulations, as well as diagnostics. It is a unique TB medicines procurement mechanism, and provides targeted technical assistance, innovative supply management tools and institutional capacity strengthening to countries for accelerated uptake of new TB products.

The Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership recognize the potential for a more strategic partnership between the Global Fund and Stop TB Partnership’s GDF and the mutual benefits to be gained through structured, collaborative engagement to optimize TB markets and improve the supply chain of TB health products to countries supported by the Global Fund.

“By signing this memorandum of understanding, we can strengthen the global response to ending TB and get the diagnostics and medicines to those who need it the most,” said Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership. “This agreement solidifies the very reasons that our GDF was created and will expand access to quality-assured anti-TB medicines and TB health products, including the introduction of new medicines and tools and regimens.”

Under the agreement, the Global Fund and Stop TB will align pooled procurement and market shaping strategies, demand forecasting, and continuous performance improvement activities…

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Belgium Announces Commitment to the Global Fund
15 June 2016
BRUSSELS – The Government of Belgium announced today a pledge of €19 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2016, a positive signal as the Global Fund prepares for a Replenishment conference later this year.

“Belgium has been an active partner of the Global Fund since its inception and it is very encouraging that they are maintaining their financial commitment with the Global Fund partnership,” said Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund. “We look forward to continue our work in partnership so that together we can end the three diseases.”…