Presenting National Strategic Plans on HIV to the Global Fund through the National Strategy Application Modality
2 Jun 2010
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) established a Modified Application Process for Supporting Country Programs, called National Strategy Applications. These aimed to create an incentive for countries to develop strong national frameworks. In 2009 the Global Fund initiated the First Learning Wave of National Strategy Applications. The first wave aims to draw policy and operational lessons that will enable a subsequent broader roll-out of National Strategy Applications. On 4 May 2009, following a selection process based on an assessment of the national strategy documents by the Global Fund Technical Review Panel1, three countries—Rwanda, Malawi and Kenya—were invited to submit HIV-focused National Strategy Applications by 31 August 2009.
