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GFAN Brief – Guide for advocates on how Global Fund Grants can speed up and expand access to innovations

Jul 2026

July 25, 2026
Blog / GFAN Publications
[Pour la version Française aller ici]

This brief looks at how the Global Fund can accelerate access to two breakthrough advances in HIV prevention and TB testing, and how country-level advocates can influence the next round of Global Fund grants for the period of 2027 –2029, called Grant Cycle 8 or GC8, across stages of the national Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) planning and implementation process.

The two exciting innovations are long-acting injectable lenacapavir, a transformative twice-yearly intervention for HIV prevention, and Pluslife’s near Point-of-Care (nPOC) TB test, a significant leap in the affordability, speed, and decentralization of TB case finding. The time for advocates to ensure that the roll out is successful is now – GC8 grants are already being planned, and implementation will start in 2027.

If you feel that you do not know enough about lenacapavir or nPOC TB testing, you may want to jump straight to the end of the document, where we have put together a list of frequently asked questions and briefings from partners that highlight why these innovations hold significant promise if rollout at scale can be achieved.

 

Guide for advocates on how Global Fund Grants can speed up and expand access to innovations

 

EN FRANÇAIS

Cette note d’information examine comment le Fonds mondial peut accélérer l’accès à deux avancées majeures en matière de prévention du VIH et de dépistage de la tuberculose, et comment les défenseurs de la cause au niveau national peuvent influencer le prochain cycle de subventions du Fonds mondial pour la période 2027-2029, appelé « cycle de subventions 8 » (ou CS8), à toutes les étapes du processus national de planification et de mise en œuvre de l’instance de coordination nationale (ICN).

Ces deux innovations prometteuses sont le lénacapavir injectable à action prolongée, une intervention révolutionnaire administrée deux fois par an pour la prévention du VIH, et le test de dépistage de la tuberculose « near Point-of-Care » (nPOC) de Pluslife, qui représente un bond en avant significatif en termes d’accessibilité financière, de rapidité et de décentralisation du dépistage des cas de tuberculose. C’est maintenant que les défenseurs doivent agir pour garantir le succès de ce déploiement : les subventions du GC8 sont déjà en cours de planification et leur mise en œuvre débutera en 2027.

Si vous estimez ne pas en savoir suffisamment sur le lénacapavir ou le test de dépistage de la tuberculose nPOC, vous pouvez passer directement à la fin du document, où nous avons rassemblé une liste de questions fréquemment posées ainsi que des notes d’information de nos partenaires qui soulignent pourquoi ces innovations sont très prometteuses si leur déploiement à grande échelle peut être réalisé.

Trouvez notre document ici: https://globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Guide-Plaidoyer-GFAN-Accelerer-lacces-aux-innovations.pdf 

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