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Marathon Oil Company Partners with the Global Fund in Equatorial Guinea
Global Fund Hosts Successful Meeting to Strengthen Private Sector Response in West AfricaThe workshop highlighted opportunities for the private sector to participate in Global Fund grant proposal development, in-country co-investment partnerships, governance of grant coordinating bodies (CCMs) in recipient countries and technical and management support to grant recipients. One key outcome from the workshop is the definition of an action plan by each country to strengthen private sector response to all three diseases. more...
Multi-Sector Partnership in Cameroon Demonstrates ResultsCIMENCAM (Les Cimenteries du Cameroun),an affiliated company of Lafarge Group, has been contributing to the fight against
AngloGold Ashanti Fights Malaria in GhanaAngloGold Ashanti is set to play a major role in malaria prevention in Ghana, pending theapproval of a Round 7 proposal to provide technical assistance and funds for the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal bed |
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Message from Rajat Gupta, Global Fund ChairDear Private Sector Delegation Colleagues,
The 16th Board Meeting is almost upon us and I have been working actively with the Secretariat to ensure this meeting represents a new way of doing business. I’ve shortened the meeting to two days, revised the structure and format of documents, and implemented new working procedures. I have introduced two strategic areas of discussion for Board input. First, how can the Global Fund ensure that it is taking a gender-sensitive approach in its policies and programs and second; how can the Global Fund ensure it is acting as a strategic and responsible investor in the three diseases and contribute to reaching global targets. I would encourage your input to the core delegation that is attending the Board meeting on these topics. more...
Global Fund Corporate Champions Program Announced at Replenishment ConferenceThe Corporate Champions program aims to produce a quantum leap in the level and visibility of private sector support for the Global Fund with the expectation of yielding $40 million in investments from the private sector within 2 to 3 years. The program is designed so that the Global Fund will work with each Corporate Champion to develop a customized collaboration at the country and local level. Elements of the collaboration include development of in-country co-investment partnerships, employee engagement, advocacy and marketing campaigns and forums with government leaders. The first Global Fund Corporate Champions will be announced in 2008. more...
(PRODUCT) RED Contributes Over $45 million to the Global Fund, Adds New Partner Hallmark CardsHallmark Cards became the newest partner on October 12th. The (RED) partnership will
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A $25.99 million USD Round 5 grant for a malaria initiative in Equatorial Guinea, co-financed by the U.S.-based Marathon Oil Company, has been approved by the Global Fund. Marathon Oil, which is the 4th largest U.S.-based integrated oil & gas company, will contribute $1 million USD towards the program. 
HIV/AIDS since 2001 through prevention and treatment programs for itsemployees and their relatives. In 2006, CIMENCAM looked into extending these activities to its sub-contractors but did not have sufficient funds to do so. The solution: Create a public-private partnership with the Global Fund and the non-governmental organization CARE.
nets in the West African nation. 
be Hallmark's largest social-impact initiative in the history of the company. The contribution to the Global Fund from all Hallmark (RED)-branded products will be 8% of net wholesale sales. (RED) partners currently include American Express, Apple, Armani, Converse, Gap and Motorola.
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2007-08 Global Fund Related Events
November 2007 12-13 |Sixteenth Global Fund Board Meeting, Kunming, China
December 07 1 | World AIDS Day 2-4 |WEF India Economic Summit, New Delhi 3-6 | GF Regional Meeting and Advocacy Session, Tunis, Tunisia 18-19 |GF Regional Meeting: South West Asia, New Delhi, India
January 08 23-27 | WEF Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland 28 | Global Fund 6 Year Anniversary 28-Feb 1 | Global Fund and WHO to host Round 7 Negotiation & Implementation Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
February 08 12-13 |Portfolio Committee Meeting (tentative), Geneva, Switzerland
March 08 1 |Launch Call for Proposals Round 8 (tentative) 3-14 | Committee Meetings (tentative), Geneva, Switzerland 24 |World TB Day
April 08 25 | Africa Malaria Day 28-30 | Seventeenth Board Meeting (tentative), Geneva, Switzerland
June 08 4-6 | WEF Forum on Africa, Cape Town, South Africa 26 |GBC Awards for Business Excellence Gala, New York, USA
July 08 9 | Deadline for Submission Round 8 (tentative)
August 08 3-8 | XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
September 08 8-19 | Committee Meetings (tentative), Geneva, Switzerland 25-27 | WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Tianjin, China 25-27 | GF Regional Meeting: Latin American and Caribbean, Rio de Janiero, Brazil (tentative)
November 08 3-7 | Eighteenth Board Meeting (tentative) 16-18 | WEF India Economic Summit, New Delhi, India
December 08 1 |World AIDS Day 5-6 | Partnership Forum 2008 (tentative) Dakar, Seneagl 8-11 | International Conference on HIV and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Dakar, Senegal
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