Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination for Anglophone Africa, hosted by EANNASO have released 9 Community Guides, providing us with an overview and explaining key points of main Global Fund documents relevant to CRG.


This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s SOGI Strategy.

In this guide you will find:
- What is sexual orientation and gender identity?
- Some fast facts on how HIV/AIDS disproportionately impacts sexual minorities
- Four strategic actions that the Global Fund takes to ensure grants meet the needs of SOGI communities (and what this means for you!)
This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s Gender Equality Strategy Action Plan.

In this guide you will find:
- Some key actions to respond better to the needs – and protect the human rights of – women and girls
- Four objectives to make sure Global Fund grants address gender inequalities (and what this means for you!)
This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s Key Populations Action Plan.

In this guide you will find:
- Who are key populations in the HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria responses?
- Why we need to focus on key populations
- Five objectives to make sure key populations and their needs are included in every step of the grant cycle (and what this means for you!)
The following 4 guides are relevant to the Global Fund’s New Strategy for the period 2017-2022.
The first community guide is a basic introduction to the Strategy itself.

In this guide you will find:
- The four overarching strategic objectives for the Global Fund over the next six years
- A complete list of the sub-objectives, with clear explanations of what they mean and why they matter for us
- Important targets for key and vulnerable populations as well as women and girls
This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s new allocation methodology for 2017-2019.

In this guide you will find:
- The main changes to the methodology for 2017-2019 (compared to 2014-2016)
- The difference between country allocations and catalytic investments
- Some important implications of the new allocation methodology, including news about increases to some African countries
This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s Challenging Operating Environments Policy.
In this guide you will find:
- A list of the countries currently classified as challenging operating environments by the Global Fund, including 14 African countries
- Why challenging operating environments are important for the Global Fund
- The 3 guiding principles of the COE policy, with clear explanations of what they mean
This community guide is a basic overview of the Global Fund’s Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing Policy.
In this guide you will find:
- What sustainability, transition and co-financing mean & why we need a policy for these issues
- The four guiding principles of the policy and what they mean for us
- The Global Fund’s step-by-step approach for responsible transition, leading up to when countries become ineligible for future grants
All guides are available for download on EANNASO website.





