TBEC Webinar on Global Fund Sustainability, Transition, and Co-financing Policy
Channel: TB Europe Coalition
Date: 2019-08-28

TBEC bilingual EN/RU webinar on Sustainability, Transition, and Co-financing (STC) of Health Products took place  on Thursday, 28th of June 2018. 

The bilingual webinar focused on the Global Fund's Sustainability, Transition, and Co-Financing Policy and its impact on the availability of quality, affordable essential TB drugs, diagnostics, and other commodities in the region. The webinar explored the implications of transition process from the Global Fund support to national funding on co-financing and procurement of TB drugs in the region. The webinar specifically focused on various risks and challenges transition presents and the different ways to address the issue at national and regional level.  Erica Lessem from Treatment Action Group discussed why now is an important time to discuss the policy  and Sharonann Lynch from Médecins Sans Frontières provided an overview of unintended consequences of STC policy and how they could be mitigated. Sergii Filippovych shared his extensive experience of treatment approaches and programmatic transition, procurement process and supply management of TB drugs in Ukraine. The presentations were followed by Q&A.