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6th GAELF MEETING

1st - 3rd June 2010, Korea

The meeting report is available in English and French

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | NGDO

Goals

GAELF coordinates activities of partners and concentrates on political, financial and technical support.
Political support

  • To increase publicity at an international level and to raise public awareness of LF as a debilitating and disabling poverty-related disease that is eliminable.

  • Engage the media by telling the story of the successes and challenges of LF programmes.

Financial support

  • Provide expertise in fundraising and advocacy to aid country programmes in developing and implementing strategies for resource mobilisation.

  • Aid countries in accessing debt relief and other multilateral funds and explore linkages with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

  • Encourage country-level resource mobilisation by providing training and materials for country programmes to mobilise support from local companies and non-governmental organisations.

  • Engage in advocacy activities with potential and current donors.

Technical support

  • Develop a network of academic/research institutes, particularly in endemic countries, to support LF country and regional programmes.

  • Provide expertise in monitoring and evaluation for country programmes.

  • Promote the research priorities and strategies of the LF elimination effort.

  • Provide opportunities for country staff to further their training and education in a mutually beneficial fashion.

  • Measure programme costs and cost-effectiveness and disseminate this information in a clear way to help with programme planning and resource mobilisation.

  • Measure the impact on health systems of LF elimination programmes.