The Zambia COVID-19 Funding Request (2021)

The Global Fund awarded Zambia an allocation of US$47,286,705 for the response to COVID-19 and to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and strengthen health and community systems. Zambia has started the process for the development of an ambitious and comprehensive funding request.

The funding request may be submitted in two parts:

1. Fast track funding request for the urgent procurement and deployment of COVID-19 health products, except vaccines. Fast track requests can be submitted instantly in advance of the C19RM full funding request.
2. The full funding request must be submitted by the Global Fund by the 30th June 2021. The funding request should contain an above allocation request on the same US$47,286,705.

The Zambia COVID-19 funding request may contain interventions in the following three priority areas:

1. COVID-19 control and containment interventions
2. COVID-19-related risk mitigation measures for HIV, TB and malaria programs
3. Expanded reinforcement of key aspects of health and community systems such as national laboratory networks, supply chain systems, and community-led responses.

The CCM set up five writing teams (US Government, UN agencies, MoH, CHAZ and Civil Society)  to prepare the funding request and ensures that the funding request is developed through multi-sectoral consultation with fully inclusive decision making engaging partners, communities, and civil society.

The CCM decided to submit the fast track funding request by 15th May 2021 and the full funding request by 30th June 2021 to the Global Fund.

The fast track funding request is based on this Global Fund guidance that describes the eligible health products as well as the recommended procurement channel. The first draft on US$44,534,234 was discussed and endorsed by the CCM at an extraordinary meeting on May 10th. Find the documents that were submitted to the Global Fund here.

This leaves US$ 2,752,471 for other interventions to be determined in the full funding request (COVID-19-related risk mitigation measures for HIV, TB and malaria programs and expanded reinforcement of national laboratory networks, supply chains, and community-led responses to address advocacy, services, accountability, and human-rights based approaches).

Find the allocation letter here
Find more information on this funding opportunity and the application documents here