Session 1 — Success Stories in GFATM Proposal Preparation and Reprioritization What does it actually take to get child and adolescent TB funded — and keep it funded when budgets get cut? Uganda and Kenya share the strategies behind their gains, from digital chest X-ray with AI to leveraging program data as advocacy tools. Real wins, real setbacks, and the lessons learned in between.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RavMrL5VAfQ
Session 2 — From GC7 to GC8: TGF Processes 101 and Q&A with Focal Points This session breaks down what changed since GC7's reprioritization — including which activities survived the cuts and why — and allows country teams to have a 101 and Q&A with Global Fund focal points for direct answers on preparing a competitive request.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGv6Dp929uc
Session 3 — Budgeting for Integrated TB Programs within the Current Funding Landscape Integration sounds good on paper — but does it hold up in a budget line? Two technical experts unpack a practical, four-step costing framework for embedding child TB into existing HIV, RMNCAH, and community platforms, plus real country tactics (like Eswatini's data-backed defense of its TB survey funding) for protecting investment when funding envelopes reduce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZje2F6kEPg
Session 4 — From Evidence to Application: Building the Case for Child and Adolescent TB Dr. Charlotte Colvin walks through the epidemiology that makes the investment case, while Tanzania's NTLP shares an inside look at building a TB funding request from the ground up — including the myths, the data gaps, and the negotiating tricks that got child TB mainstreamed across nearly every module.
Global Fund Session 4: Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence 2026
Series Introduction
The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Centre of Excellence for Child and Adolescent TB (COE) brought together country teams, technical partners, and Global Fund focal points for a four-part webinar series. The series was shaped by results from a needs assessment and consultative process with COE member countries in 2024.
The series highlights real country experiences, explains GC8 processes, shows budgeting tactics to keep child TB visible, and builds a strong evidence-based case — all grounded in what has worked (and what hasn’t) across the 12 COE member countries.