Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Fund has approved US$ 112,078,332 to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the HIV/TB and malaria programs and to initiate urgent improvements in health and community systems in Zambia as part of the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM).
All COVID-19 funds are part of the HIV/TB and malaria grants. However, during a reprogramming activity in 2021, all non-spent COVID-19 funds were transferred into separate budgets to facilitate oversight over these significant amounts while the COVID-19 funds spent in the first semester 2021 remained in the HIV/TB and malaria budgets.
The below table contains those COVID-19 funds that have been incorporated into the budgets. The amount of US$ 15,412,951 that was approved in March 2022 is not yet covered.
Grant | COVID-19 budget in USD | % for health commodities, incl. logistics | Other interventions |
MoH HIV/TB | 76,606,947 | 93% | Trainings for healthcare workers and labs. Disease surveillance. Case finding / contact tracing. Community information / mass media. Community engagement. |
MoH Malaria | 1,685,249 | 98% | Supervision and training |
CHAZ HIV/TB | 17,788,607 | 78% | HR support for labs. Mitigation for HIV and TB programs. Community information / mass media. Community sensitization of sexual and gender based violence. Community led advocacy and research. |
CHAZ Malaria | 0 | 0% | |
Total | 96,080,803 | 90% |
As 90% of the COVID-19 budgets go into procurement, there are no indicators for COVID-19 interventions in the performance frameworks.