If the Global Fund approves our application, South Africa will receive up to US$360 million or R3 billion for AIDS and TB programmes over a two and a half year period, starting in October 2013.
The funds will be used to supplement core programmes of the NSP such as antiretroviral treatment where the proposal is to fund the drugs bill for about 300 000 patients and the creation of a central procurement unit and an ARV direct distribution centre.
A very exciting development is that the proposal (and we emphasise that it has not yet been approved) will provide funding for programmes linked to sex work, gender-based violence, prevention of HIV infections in young women and men who have sex with men (MSM). This could be the opportunity to finally scale up programmes for neglected key populations in South Africa. For example, if the proposal is approved, the proposed National Sex Worker Programme will reach 33 000 sex workers in all nine provinces and it will reach 150 000 MSM with a range of services.
A large part of the funding (if approved) will be to address HIV and TB in more than 200 prisons throughout the country. The TB component of the proposal provides funding to address TB in large and small mines in most of South Africa’s mining districts and it scales up the MDR TB programme of the national Department of Health.
The SANAC Secretariat will not receive any of the funds arising out of this proposal. All funds will go to government departments or NGOs. At this stage it appears that, at least, five government departments will receive funds as well as more than 100 NGOs through 5 NGO principal recipients. The proposal was prepared by the SANAC Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) in consultation with all the stakeholders and development partners. SANAC is particularly grateful for the support of PEPFAR, which contributes one-third of all funding that goes to the Global Fund.
Anyone with a special interest in the Global Fund proposal should contact Nevilene Slingers on nevilene@iafrica.com or avheani@sanac.org.za
To read the proposal for AIDS funding 
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To read the proposal for TB funding download (3.11 MB)