the main advantages of a program that is supported by several parners are gaining more experties and the chance for more thoughts sharing ,and in the case of iraq,we feel comfortable by this coordination,still the main challenge that we might face is the effective communication and understanding between...

Open discussions Forum in English Kiapi K. Frederick from Uganda opened the discussion on “a ssessing the achievements of the Global Fund with regard to HIV/AIDS, Malaria & TB in Africa” stating that in Africa the effectiveness of the Global Fund needs to be redefined to meet the changing...

Iraq is one of the countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region with the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden. Tuberculosis in Iraq represents a socio medico economical problem. It affects the most socio economically active age groups of society, where about 65% of the reported cases are among 15-35...

and yes i agree totally t that a 'diagonal' approach is most likely a better description and more evidently sounding of how GF programmes should be conceptualised. and beside the opinion that vertical approach may solve the urgent needs in the our community (Iraq) ,but we found that horizontal...