Meaningful Community Participation on Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms: Lessons from the RISE Study

Alana Sharp, Kuraish Mubiru, Fogué Foguito, Mohammed El Khammas, Thitiyanun Nakpor, Sibongile Tshabalala, Leo Deniau, Jennifer Sherwood

One of the Global Fund’s key players at country level is the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), a national multi-stakeholder body responsible for soliciting funding and overseeing grants. Ensuring meaningful participation and leadership of communities and people impacted by the three diseases is critical for ensuring responsive and impactful health programming.