Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Male Circumcision funding WHO
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Male Circumcision funding WHO meeting Heather Harrison June, 2010
Gates Foundation MC funding Gates foundation MC funding to date = $52 M Total committed through 2013 = $98 M § Country specific funding: § Service delivery in Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland § OR, training, and advocacy in Kenya § Cross cutting funding § MC device development § Evaluation, research studies § International norms and guides 25 September 2020 © 2010 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 2
Future Gates Foundation MC Strategy Gates Foundation finishing up our HIV strategy “refresh” Major initiatives: Ø Ø Ø Vaccines ARV based Prevention Guiding Principles: q Take risks and fill gaps where others won’t play Effectiveness and Efficiency q Maximize leverage Diagnostics q Maximize flexibility TB/HIV Male Circumcision 25 September 2020 q Exploit comparative advantage © 2010 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 3
Gates Foundation MC specific strategy Objective: Support the rapid scale-up of early infant and adult male circumcision in 13 target countries through advocacy, communications, and short-term bridge funding MC related activities q Continued support for ongoing grants q Catalytic bridge funding in special circumstances q Advocacy to encourage countries to request MC funding from existing q q available funding sources e. g. , PEPFAR and Global Fund Support the development of a safe MC device Support of needed evaluation and OR studies We will not provide long term service delivery dollars Check-in points to examine progress and reexamine our role 25 September 2020 © 2010 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 4
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