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Title
Expansion of the Global Fund Mandate: Pros & Pros
Code
SA31
Session Type
Satellite
Track
Not applicable
Channel
Channel 3
Date Time
18 July 16:00- 17:30
Local Date Time
16:00 - 17:30 W. Europe Daylight Time
Moderator:
Jorge SAAVEDRA, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Mexico
Organizer:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation

In this interactive session, a panel of former Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Board representatives and public health experts will discuss why the Global Fund should expand its mandate to include emergency funding for other infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics. Panelists will also discuss how the Fund’s track record of delivering lifesaving results with a high degree of transparency, accountability, and multisectoral buy-in, makes it the best financing facility for future international health emergencies.

5 min
 Introduction
Jorge SAAVEDRA, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Mexico
6 min
 An overview of why the GF is the right model
Maksut KULZANOV, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstan
6 min
 Previous discussions around expanding mandate and a perspective from Africa
Anita ASIIMWE, The National Child Development Agency, Rwanda
6 min
 More Global Fund advocacy needed
Michael WEINSTEIN, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, United States
6 min
 A perspective on finance and eligibility
Stefano BERTOZZI, University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, United States
6 min
 A perspective from Civil Society
Loretta WONG, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Hong Kong, SAR of China
6 min
 A perspective from a former chair of the Global Fund Board
Aida KURTOVIC, Partnerships in Health, Bosnia and Herzegovina
49 min
 Q&A
Jorge SAAVEDRA, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Mexico
Maksut KULZANOV, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstan
Anita ASIIMWE, The National Child Development Agency, Rwanda
Michael WEINSTEIN, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, United States
Stefano BERTOZZI, University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health, United States
Aida KURTOVIC, Partnerships in Health, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Loretta WONG, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Hong Kong, SAR of China