Southern Africa:
July 2021 : 1st July – 13th Aug
July 2021 : 1st July – 13th Aug
1 South Africa
2. Zimbabwe
3. Malawi
4. Zambia
August 2021 : 13th Aug – 7th Sept
5. Tanzania
6. Rwanda
7. Kenya
8. Ethiopia
9. Uganda
10. Burundi
Sept 2021 : 13th Sept – 30th Sept
11. DRC
12. Cameroon
October 2021 : 30th Sept – 6th Nov
13. Ghana
14. Nigeria
15. Burkina Faso
16. Senegal
17. Niger
Nov 2021 : 6th Nov – 20th Nov
18. Morocco
19. Tunisia
20. Egypt
The Global Fund partnership has saved 44 million lives since 2002 through its commitment and community leadership to end HIV, TB, and malaria.
The world needs to invest more resources in the Global Fund so that vulnerable countries can mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and protect the progress made in reducing infection rates of HIV, TB and malaria.
Global Fund partnership has been tackling HIV, TB and malaria for 20 years, building more robust health systems and ensuring integrated, high quality and comprehensive healthcare services.
To achieve the Universal Health Coverage and the third Sustainable Development Goal, the Global Fund must partner with civil society and communities.
In celebration of the Global Fund’s 20th anniversary, GFAN Africa is organising a torch caravan across twenty countries from July to December 2021. The torch will begin its journey in Cape Town, South Africa, and travel to Cairo, Egypt by December, before returning to South Africa at the ICASA conference. During the journey, it will travel through four regions. Each region will have one month to pass the torch from one country to another within its borders.
The twenty participating countries are– South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, DRC, Niger, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. In addition, the torch caravan will include representatives from HIV, TB, Malaria, civil society, and communities.
As part of the caravan, a torch will be lit to commemorate lives saved. During the launch of the torch in July 2021 in South Africa, the torch was handed over to Zimbabwe via a virtual meeting. Countries will celebrate this event through virtual or hybrid events and determine whether to hold events in person or online based on their COVID-19 restrictions.
The Torch Caravan brings together governments, civil society organisations, and communities across Africa to acknowledge the importance of the life-saving investments made by the Global Fund over the last 20 years.
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