Sources of Funding
The Global Fund allocates funding to countries to support HIV, TB and malaria programs and to build resilient and sustainable systems for health. These allocations are made every three years at the beginning of a new grant cycle.
The total amount available for countries depends on the funding raised during the corresponding three-year Replenishment cycle. The majority of this funding is in the form of allocations to individual countries.
Allocations to individual countries are calculated using a formula that is predominantly based on each country’s disease burden and economic capacity. They are refined to account for important contextual factors through a qualitative adjustment process.
Allocations are then communicated to countries via an Allocation Letter with an amount available for each eligible disease and instructions on how to access the allocation.
A portion of the funding from Replenishment is set aside by the Board for Catalytic Investment priorities. Catalytic Investments reinforce areas that are essential to achieve the aims of the Global Fund Strategy, but cannot be addressed through country allocations alone. Catalytic Investments include: Catalytic Multicountry Funds, Matching Funds and Strategic Initiatives.
Allocation Funding
Allocation Funding in Grant Cycle 8
In Grant Cycle 8 (2026-2028 Allocation Period), the allocation methodology drives funding to higher burden, lower income countries while accounting for country-specific contexts.
Catalytic Multicountry Funds
Diseases don’t respect borders. Sometimes the most effective solution is one that brings together several countries or regions. Through multicountry funding, the Global Fund addresses a limited number of key multicountry priorities deemed critical to fulfill the aims of the Global Fund strategy. These catalytic investments complement those made through the Global Fund’s allocation methodology.
Catalytic Matching Funds
Matching Funds are designed to inspire innovation and ambitious, evidence-based programming approaches to increase impact in Board-approved strategic priority areas. Matching Funds catalyze additional investment in these areas, together with grants and domestic resources.
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic initiatives support the success of country allocations by funding interventions that are innovative, cross-cutting, or off-cycle in nature. GC8 Strategic Initiatives will be designed over the course of 2026, with implementation beginning in 2027.
Strategic initiatives documents: