Support for malaria proposals to the Global Fund

The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) supports countries to:

• Develop high quality Global Fund malaria proposals;
• Negotiate and sign Global Fund malaria grants; and
• Improve Malaria Control Programme Implementation.

Global Fund Proposal Development Support

Since Global Fund round 7 the RBM Harmonization Working Group (HWG) has supported countries to develop high quality malaria proposals. The HWG has provided targeted support to sub-Saharan African countries including:

• collation of information from previous malaria proposals and a review of TRP comments from previous rounds;
• revision of malaria component proposal forms to make them more malaria friendly;
• recruitment, training and mobilization of external consultants;
• support to in-country proposal development processes;
• organization of orientation and 'mock TRP' workshops;
• coordination of final remote proposal reviews prior to submission; and
• provision of additional support to countries as needed.

• More information on support to countries to develop Global Fund malaria proposals.

Global Fund Grant Negotiation and Signing Support

The RBM Procurement and Supply Chain (PSM) Working Group; Harmonization Working Group (HWG) and the Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) will be supporting countries to negotiate and sign Global Fund round 8 malaria grants as quickly as possible.

RBM will offer targeted countries the following types of support:

• Compilation of relevant background documents and examples of PSM plans, M&E plans, etc.
• Recruitment, training and mobilization of external consultants to support countries with specific issues (e.g. PSM, M&E plan development; development of detailed workplans and budgets, etc);
• Convening of a Global Fund grant signing workshop (TBC); and
• Provision of additional support to countries as required.

Improve Malaria Control Programme Implementation

RBM through its working groups and Sub-regional networks (CARN, EARN, SARN, WARN) coordinates support to countries to identify and resolve bottlenecks and can coordinate specific support to countries on a variety of technical and non-technical issues (e.g. procurement and supply chain management; case management; vector control interventions; communication and advocacy; malaria in pregnancy; governance; financial management; programme management; monitoring and evaluation; CCM re-structuring, strategic planning; business plan development; etc.) that impact grant implementation. RBM can also support multi-partner diagnostic missions to countries to help evaluate country support needs.

Related links

• RBM Parntership
• Harmonization Working Group
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management Working Group (PSMWG)
• The RBM Partnership Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group (MERG)
• specific information on Global Fund rounds
• RBM Sub-Regional Networks (CARN)
• RBM Sub-Regional Networks (EARN)
• RBM Sub-Regional Networks (SARN)
• RBM Sub-Regional Networks (WARN)