Malaria voice grows at the Global Fund via the Community Delegation
4 October 2007
The Communities living with HIV and TB and affected by Malaria Delegation to the Global Fund board is pleased to announce 5 new members from the Malaria community joining the support Group of the delegation. Following an open call for nominations a selection committee was set up to cho ose the successful candidates.
The Community delegation has pioneered the way to ensure all three diseases are given recognition by having one dedicated seat to represent the malaria community within the delegation and one dedicated seat to represent the TB Community. The Malaria seat is currently occupied by Louis Da Gama who has worked with the delegation to ensure the issues of the malaria community are addressed at board meetings, the secretariat and the committees of the Global Fund. Following three years with the delegation where he has been the main voice for the malaria community, the delegation has now institutionalized the process of selection so that there is a strong on going voice from the malaria community. The five successful malaria delegation members are
Agonafer Tekalegne National Coordinator, CAME, Coalition against Malaria Ethiopia
Athuman Nyae Chiguzo Vice Chair, KeNAAM, Kenya NGO Alliance against Malaria
Beatrice Minja National Coordinator, TaNAAM, Tanzania NGO Alliance against Malaria
Esther Tallah Manager, CCAM, Cameroon Coalition against Malaria
Luis Antonio Mabjaia Member, AMOSAPU, Mozambique Association of Public Health
We appreciate the support given by their organisations to allow these advocates to spend up to 10 % of their time to work on GF issues. Through these malaria members the community delegation hopes that the work on the Global Fund worldwide but particularly in Africa which bears the greatest malaria burden will reach the communities affected by Malaria and they in turn will have greater access to the Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets(LLINs) Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and the effective drugs (ACTs)to stop needless deaths.
The Global Fund contributes 70% of all malaria control financing and it is vital that these are disbursed rapidly and effectively and we believe that the malaria community and civil society have a unique role to play for success.
Following the 16th Global Fund board meeting one of these five support group delegation members will be selected to replace Louis Da Gama as a member of the Core delegation.
Francoise Ndayishimiye Board Member
Javier Hourcade Bellocq Alternate Board Member
Shaun Mellors Communication Focal Point
Louis Da Gama Member Core Delegation - Malaria
