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GC8 Joint Communities Guide

A guide created by and for our communities – trans and gender diverse, gay men and other men who have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs – to learn how to best take advantage of the Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 (GC8)

  • Published
  • 23 February 2026
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Created by GATE, in collaboration with MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights (MPACT), International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), the Global Network of Sex Work Project (NSWP), and the Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+Global) this presentation helps you find out how Grant Cycle 8 (GC8) decisions are made, where engagement is possible and how you ensure that your community’s needs and priorities are reflected in national funding requests for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria.

For communities of:

  • Trans and gender diverse
  • Gay Men and other Men who have sex with Men
  • Sex Workers
  • People who use drugs
  • The Global Fund in a snapshot
  • The basics of Grant Cycle 8
  • What proposals must show
  • What’s new in GC8
  • Where communities can influence the process
  • Key priorities of GC8
  • Opportunities in GC8
  • Community specifics: for trans and gender diverse, gay men and other men who have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs.