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The Global Fund COVID-19 Situation Report – 27 March 2019

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1. Situation Overview

Global cases: 462,684 confirmed. Global deaths: 20,834 (as of 26 March). The Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit Statement on COVID-19 announced US$5 trillion to fight COVID-19. United Nations launched a US$2 billion COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan to support the world’s most vulnerable countries. WHO launched the Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN) website www.who.int/epi-win to provide timely, accurate, and easy-tounderstand advice and information. The Global Fund is coordinating with the WHO, which is leading the global response. Please see WHO Coronavirus Situation Reports for detailed updates on the global response.

2. Global Fund COVID-19 Response

The Global Fund issued new guidance to provide flexibility for countries to use up to 5% of approved grants to fight COVID-19 and to mitigate the potential consequences of the pandemic on existing programs to fight HIV, TB and malaria.

  • Funding has been approved for 24 countries and one regional grant (32 individual decisions) for a total of US$18 million. The 24 countries include: Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Georgia, Honduras, India, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, and Ukraine. The regional grant in West Africa covers border screening and passenger tracing in five countries along the AbidjanLagos corridor.

  • More requests are being prepared and reviewed; expect decisions on 27 March of at least another US$5 million.