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WHO and Global Fund strengthen partnership in Cameroon

From Journal du Cameroun · () French

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  • WHO representative Magaran Monzon Bagayoko met Global Fund portfolio manager Osian Jones in Cameroon on Sept. 4, 2026.
  • Discussions covered implementation of grant GC7, preparations for future grant GC8 and a review of the country team’s grant-making mission.
  • The Global Fund praised WHO’s cooperation with Cameroon’s Health Ministry, while WHO called for greater support to strengthen the health system.

The World Health Organization and the Global Fund are seeking closer cooperation in Cameroon’s fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

WHO representative Dr. Magaran Monzon Bagayoko met Osian Jones, the Global Fund’s senior portfolio manager for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, on Sept. 4, 2026. Their working session focused on reinforcing collaboration between the two institutions.

The discussions included a review of the Global Fund country team’s mission on grant-making for the GC8 grant. They also covered WHO’s support for implementing GC7 and preparations for the future GC8 grant.

The Global Fund praised the quality of its cooperation with WHO and the organization’s technical support to Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health in implementing the grants. WHO called for increased backing for health-system strengthening activities.

The meeting was presented as evidence of a solid institutional partnership aimed at accelerating work against the three diseases while reinforcing Cameroon’s health system over the longer term.

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Originally published by Journal du Cameroun in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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