GDF Toolkit for Global Fund Applicants and Recipients
The Global Drug Facility (GDF) supports principal recipients of grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria via two GDF services:
- a Direct Procurement Service for principal recipients to purchase drugs for use in DOTS programmes in countries that have sufficient finances but lack adequate procurement capacity, including a robust quality assurance system and
- a Technical Support Service whereby the direct procurement service is combined with technical assistance for (a) in-country drug management and TB drug monitoring and (b) support to global efforts to improve TB drug quality assurance, primarily via WHO’s TB prequalification programme.
The GDF combines these core services with in-country monitoring and technical support. To promote local capacity and accountability, the GDF coordinates annual, independent monitoring missions to review programme progress and assess adherence to GDF terms and conditions. When needed, monitoring teams, composed of TB and drug management experts, work with programmes to identify strategies that will strengthen drug management, ensure rational drug use and effective distribution.
About the GDF
About GDF Services
About GDF Products
More information
Contact the GDF Portfolio Officer for your region, or write to:
Global Drug Facility / Stop TB Partnership
c/o World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Fax: +41.22.791.4886
E-mail: gdf@who.int
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