Sec. 203. Grant authorities
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In carrying out the purpose set forth in section 202(b), the Fund, acting through the Board of Trustees, should provide grants, including challenge grants, technical assistance, concessional lending, catalytic investment funds, and other innovative funding mechanisms, as appropriate, to support measures that enable developing countries, at both national and sub-national levels, and in partnership with civil society and the private sector, to strengthen and sustain resilient health systems and supply chains with the resources, capacity, and personnel required to prevent, detect, mitigate, and respond to infectious disease threats before they become pandemics.
Activities to be supported by the Fund should include efforts to— enable partner countries with low scores on the Global Health Security Index classification of health systems and on the Global Health Security Agenda Joint External Evaluation to improve such scores and adopt and uphold commitments under the Global Health Security Agenda, the World Health Organization International Health Regulations, and other related international health agreements; support global health budget and workforce planning in partner countries, including training in financial management and budget and global health data transparency; advance research, development, and deployment of effective infectious disease tracking tools, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines, including by establishing and leveraging public-private partnerships and supporting advance purchase agreements, as necessary and appropriate; improve infection control within healthcare settings; combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance; expand lab capacity through the provision of material and technical assistance; build technical capacity to manage global health supply chains through effective forecasting, procurement, warehousing, and delivery from central warehouses to points of service; enable bilateral and regional partnerships and cooperation to identify and address transnational infectious disease threats exacerbated by natural and man-made disasters, human displacement, and zoonotic infection; establish partnerships to develop medical interventions to detect, treat, and prevent the spread of neglected tropical diseases; build the technical capacity of partner countries to prepare for and respond to second order development impacts of infectious disease outbreaks, while accounting for the differentiated needs and vulnerabilities of marginalized populations; develop and utilize metrics to monitor and evaluate program performance and identify best practices; and develop and deploy mechanisms to enhance the transparency and accountability of global health security programs and data, including through the sharing of trends, risks, and lessons learned.
In carrying out the objectives of paragraph (1), the Fund shall work to eliminate duplication and waste by upholding strict transparency and accountability standards and coordinating its programs and activities with key partners working to advance global health security, including, at a minimum— governments, civil society and nongovernmental organizations, research and academic institutions, and private sector entities in partner countries; the Global Health Security Agenda; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; the Vaccine Alliance, GAVI; the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI); the Global Polio Eradication Initiative; and the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Advance Global Health Security and Diplomacy, established pursuant to section 103.
In providing assistance under this section, the Fund should give priority to low and lower-middle income countries, as classified in the most recent edition of the World Development Report for Reconstruction and Development published by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with low scores on the Global Health Security Index classification of health systems and on the Global Health Security Agenda Joint External Evaluation, and demonstrated commitment to upholding global health budget and data transparency and accountability standards and investing in their own health systems.
Governments and nongovernmental organizations should be eligible to receive grants under this section.