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Executive Director's Report to the
12th Board Meeting
Outcome of RBM Change Initiative
• First Board Meeting since finalization of 12 month
process
• Clarity provided by Change Initiative has created
greater understanding of Secretariat functions and
Partners roles and responsibilities
• Resulting in more positive profile of RBM Partnership,
energized teams and working groups, intense period
of productivity
Objectives of six month report
1. Malaria Landscape: share tangible achievements
and progress in the fight against malaria since last
Board
2. Report on actions taken following 11th Board
Decisions
3. Report on follow-up to Dakar Appeal
4. Provide overview of current challenges facing the
Partnership
Malaria Landscape
• Malaria remains high on Political Agenda
• More partners engaged in rolling back malaria
• Partnership focused on country level results
• Continued progress for scale-up
Malaria remains high on political
agenda
• White House Summit (December 2006)
• Launch of African Union Communication Strategy for
Malaria Elimination Campaign at meeting of African
Union Health Ministers ( April)
• DATA Report for G8 now includes malaria
• Parliamentarian involvement – UK Report on Malaria
Financing; continued EU engagement.
More Partners Engaged in Rolling
Back Malaria
• Private Sector
• Global Business Coalition for HIV TB and Malaria
• Coalition Against Malaria in Africa ( CAMA)
• NGOs
• Malaria No More (inc. Grassroots)
• Country Advocacy Coalitions
• Friends of the Fund Africa
• Community networks of PLWHA
• Inter-parliamentary groups
• New Donors
• 18 African countries joined OECD + middle income countries
in UNITAID
• Foundations
• Clinton Foundation
Partnership focused on country level
results
• Strong Partner commitment through Harmonization
Working Group
– high level of engagement in country support for successful
GFATM Round 7
– validation of SUFI plans in progress
• Africa Malaria Day - intensified advocacy and unified
themes; Leadership & Partnership for Results
Continued progress for Scale-Up
• Increased procurement of LLINS – from 73.4 million to 100.3
million over 1st quarter 2007 ( ACT figures not yet available)
• Increased coverage through widespread LLIN + immunisation
campaigns; all under fives in Rwanda; over 40 % in Ethiopia ;
IRS adopted in more countries
• ACT home based initiatives launched ( Rwanda )
• Increased impact - more countries documenting decrease in
morbidity and mortality i.e. decline in under five mortality of up
to 50% in pilot districts of Tanzania with ITN and ACT roll out
Continued progress for Scale-Up
New Products + Promising PPP Initiatives
• Bayer: KO-Tab 1,2,3, DNDi & Sanofi: ASAQ; BASF:
Interceptor
• ACT fixed dose combination, MMV- 4 products in
pipeline;
• Innovative Vector Control Consortium
Translating 11th Board Decisions into
Action
1. Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
2. Partner Facilitation
3. Procurement and Supply management
4. Advocacy
5. Governance
6. Hosting
Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
• Secretariat developed prioritized work plan based on
committed funding at end of November 2006
– From approved US$9.5 million to prioritised US$
8.3 million
– 61% of prioritized budget available for use – 39%
still to come.
Secretariat Work Plan and Budget
WHO
3%
Carry Over from
2006
10%
Gates Foundation
(SARN)
14%
World Bank
10%
Gates
Foundation
24%
USA - USAID
7%
UK - DFID
18%
Netherlands
7%
Netherlands Firm Pledge
7%
Secretariat Functions
Programme Support
Cost (WHO)
13%
Partnership
Development
15%
Executive Director
7%
Partnership Facilitation
38%
Commodity Services
9%
Communication and
Advocacy
18%
Secretariat Staffing
• Delayed implementation of Board Decision to make
all posts Fixed Term.
• Secretariat has continued to operated under pressure
and overload since last Board . This is not
sustainable.
• Fixed Term post descriptions + classification finally
approved – advertising of posts will commence for 1
month from today.
Partner Facilitation
• Harmonization WG: Up and running (meetings, telecons, leverage
finance)
– Providing support to 20 CCMs for GF Round 7 proposal development
– Validation of Zambia and Mozambique SUFI plans have been initiated
– Working with SRNs and endemic country constituency Reps to
harmonize implementation support for SUFI (1st meeting held 9 May
2007)
• Tools & methodologies for gap analysis, costing, validation, and M&E
have been developed and field tested and used to improve GF tools.
• Sub-Regional Networks: all 4 up and running; first quarter meetings held,
telecons, leverage finance secured etc.
– Each SRN has a joint workplan for 2007 to coordinate technical support
Procurement & Supply
Management
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Secretariat facilitated convening of PSM Task Force
– Terms of Reference for PSAM WG approved by EC
– Task force is finalizing Functions, and Roles and
Responsibilities of Partners , PSMWG and role of
Secretariat
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Secretariat continues to build database of commodities with
inputs from partners
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High expectation from 11th Board that PSM functions will be
resolved – this demands that we move faster.
Advocacy
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MAWG – first meeting convened Jan 2007; completed TORs, Workplan, selection of Co-Chairs.
Two of three Board endorsed Goodwill Ambassadors have accepted
nomination; one is formally engaged
Global Advocacy Strategic Framework e–published in French and
English
Agreements with RBM Partners on deployment of RBM Goodwill
Ambassadors under discussion.
Governance
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Executive Committee formed, membership confirmed, communication
mechanisms established
Constituency Representation
– Election of new Board members organized i.e NGOs, Research
and academia, malaria endemic countries (elected through
sub-regional entities ) – will facilitate election of Board Chair
and Vice Chair
Working Groups:
– Initiated the work-planning process in line with November
recommendations .
– Consultations held with WHO/ GMP clarifying roles and
responsibilities of RBM WGs and Technical Expert Groups
Hosting
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Memorandum of Understanding signed by RBM Board
Chair and Acting Director General WHO on December 14,
2006. Evaluation planned after one year.
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Assessment of current and future hosting options will be
presented.
Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (1)
• Closing the Gaps – Harmonization Working Group
successfully intervened to mobilise resources for
ACTs ie Burundi and Liberia. PMI, WB Booster,
UNITAID and GF in process of harmonizing inputs.
• Political Will – the need to achieve 15% country
level health expenditure targets highlighted in recent
African Union Communication Strategy for Malaria;
country commitment to reduce or eliminate taxes and
tariffs on ITNs needs more attention
Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (2)
• Mutual Accountability for Results – tracking tools
developed by consensus ( MERG) ; widespread
deployment now required
• Moving Commodities Faster – PSM WG functions
will address country level procurement bottlenecks;
pooled procurement has been proposed by GFATM;
WHO pre-qualification - efforts are being made to
speed up process
Follow-Up to Dakar Appeal (3)
• ACT Roll Out - advocacy for ACTs to be recognised
as "life saving" ongoing; Global Subsidy discussions
ongoing; strategies being developed for countries
facing treatment shortages; early warning systems;
donors ready to support countries ( i.e. UNITAID)
• M + E Capacity Building and Joint Reporting –
tools and indicators agreed (MERG) ; strategy to
ensure adequate M+E capacity being developed
( MACEPA)
Challenges
• Mobilize new resources and secure existing
available funds: successful GF Round 7; advocacy to
secure WB, PMI, UNITAID and GF resources & new
funding
• Make the money work: improve performance at
country level; working groups fully supported to be able
to assist countries overcome bottlenecks
Challenges
• Monitoring & Evaluation: tracking tools deployed,
e.g. roll out of Malaria Indicator Survey
• Accountability; deploy tools to measure partner &
Secretariat performance
• Secretariat Work-plan fully funded: approx
US$1million still needs to be found; Secretariat in
Geneva and sub region fully staffed