Accelerating the prevention, control and elimination of communicable diseases through integration and optimization of the support from Gavi and Global Fund: A vision for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Mohamed Jama; Mohamed Chakroun; Hoda Atta; Quamrul Hasan; Yvan Hutin; Ahmad Irtaza; Awad Mataria; Rana Hajjeh

doi:10.26719/2023.29.2.87

Accelerating the prevention, control and elimination of communicable diseases through integration and optimization of the support from Gavi and Global Fund: A vision for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

East Mediterr Health J. 2023 Feb 26;29(2):87-88. doi: 10.26719/2023.29.2.87.

Authors

Mohamed Jama¹, Mohamed Chakroun², Hoda Atta³, Quamrul Hasan⁴, Yvan Hutin⁵, Ahmad Irtaza⁶, Awad Mataria⁷, Rana Hajjeh⁸

Affiliations

¹ Alternate Board Member for the EMR, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Cairo, Egypt.
² Board Member for the EMR Constituency, Global Fund against AIDS, TB and Malaria, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Coordinator, HIV, TB, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁴ Unit Head, Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Polio Transition, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ Director, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Regional Adviser, Global Health Initiatives, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁷ Director, Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁸ Director of Programme Management, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 36880488
DOI: 10.26719/2023.29.2.87

Abstract

Over the years, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has faced a funding gap with respect to malaria, tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and vaccine-preventable diseases programmes. In the early 2000s, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the Global Fund against AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) became important financial contributors to these programmes. In 2000-2015, funding support from these two global health initiatives allowed progress. However, from 2015, coverage of interventions plateaued, and the region is now behind on the related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases*
Humans
Mediterranean Region / epidemiology

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International