The Global Fund eligibility list for 2019

The Global Fund has recently published its updated country eligibility list for 2019.

You may access it here: Global Fund Eligibility List 2019.

On page 11 and 12, the document lists all the changes in country eligibility status. The EECA countries affected by changes are Armenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Turkmenistan

·         Armenia was classified as an Upper-Middle Income country in the 2018 Eligibility List and the HIV/AIDS disease burden classification is ‘Not High.’ As a result, the HIV component is eligible for Transition Funding for the 2020-2022 allocation period.

·         Armenia’s TB disease burden classification changed from ‘Moderate’ in 2018 to ‘High’ in the 2019 Eligibility List, resulting in one determination of eligibility. Country components must be eligible for two consecutive eligibility determinations to be classified as eligible on the Eligibility List. If this component has a second determination of eligibility in 2020, it will eligible for the 2020-2022 allocation period; if it does not, it will be eligible for Transition Funding in the 2020-2022 allocation period. 

·         Since Bulgaria is not on the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients, Bulgaria may be eligible for an allocation for HIV/AIDS for non-governmental or civil society organizations under Paragraph 9b of the Eligibility Policy if there are demonstrated barriers to providing funding for interventions for key populations, as supported by the country’s epidemiology. The Secretariat will assess whether the criteria have been met at the time of determining allocations for the 2020-2022 allocation period.

·         Kosovo is newly classified as an Upper-Middle Income country based on the latest three-year average of GNI per capita data (Atlas method). Kosovo’s HIV/AIDS and TB burden are ‘Not High’, as a result both the HIV/AIDS and TB components are now eligible for Transition Funding for the 20202022 allocation period.

·         Macedonia’s HIV/AIDS disease burden classification changed to ‘Low’ in 2018 to ‘High’ in the 2019 Eligibility List, resulting in one determination of eligibility. Country components must be eligible for two consecutive eligibility determinations to be classified as eligible on the Eligibility List.

·         Since Romania is not on the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients, Romania may be eligible for an allocation for HIV/AIDS for non-governmental or civil society organizations under Paragraph 9b of the Eligibility Policy provided that they have demonstrated barriers to providing funding for interventions for key populations, as supported by the country’s epidemiology. The Secretariat will assess whether the criteria have been met at the time of determining allocations for the 2020-2022 allocation period.

·         For 2019, the Russian Federation has met two consecutive determinations of eligibility based on income classification and disease burden. Since the Russian Federation is not on the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients, the Russian Federation may be eligible for an allocation for HIV/AIDS for nongovernmental or civil society organizations under Paragraph 9b of the Eligibility Policy provided that they have demonstrated barriers to providing funding for interventions for key populations, as supported by the country’s epidemiology. The Secretariat will assess whether the criteria have been met at the time of determining allocations for the 2020-2022 allocation period

·         Turkmenistan’s TB disease burden classification changed from ‘Moderate’ in 2018 to ‘High’ in the 2019 Eligibility List, resulting in one determination of eligibility. Country components must be eligible for two consecutive eligibility determinations to be classified as eligible on the Eligibility List. Turkmenistan TB received Transition Funding for the 2017-2019 allocation period.