WHO’s Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections, in collaboration with the The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund), is pleased to invite you to a webinar focused on WHO and Global Fund support for the development of high quality Grant Cycle 8 (GC8) funding proposals for HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH).
Objectives
The objective of this webinar is to equip participants with the knowledge and clarity needed to effectively support and guide national stakeholders in the development of strong, coherent, and high-impact GC8 funding requests.
Date and time
The webinar will be held from 13:00–14:45 (CET) in English on 4 March and in French on 5 March 2026.
Background
As countries actively prepare their Global Fund GC8 funding requests, critical technical and strategic decisions are being made at this stage. Timely and well-coordinated WHO support to countries is essential to ensure that funding requests are technically sound, aligned with WHO global guidance and national priorities, and effectively integrate cross-programmatic and health systems strengthening elements.
The Global Fund has released all the relevant information notes and guidance documents for GC8, with technical contributions from WHO and other partners.
Building on this guidance, the webinar will provide a focused briefing for HIV and TB Programme Managers and other key stakeholders on GC8 priorities aligned with WHO guidance and the Global Fund GC8 information notes for HIV, TB and RSSH.
Provisional agenda
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 13:00–13:05 | Welcome and opening remarks | The Global Fund and WHO |
| 13:05–13:20 | Overview of The Global Fund core guidance for GC8: - HIV information note - TB information note - RSSH and Pandemic Preparedness and Response information note | The Global Fund |
| 13:20–13:30 | Questions and answers | All participants |
| 13:30–13:45 | WHO technical presentation on HIV updates | WHO |
| 13:45–14:00 | WHO technical presentation on TB updates | WHO |
| 14:00–14:15 | Questions and answers | All participants |
| 14:15–14:30 | WHO presentation on Health System Strengthening applicable to TB and HIV: integration, PHC, service delivery, community, data systems and financing | WHO |
| 14:30–14:40 | Questions and answers | All participants |
| 14:40–14:45 | Key messages, next steps and closing | The Global Fund and WHO |