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Dr. Nertila Tavanxhi
Manager, Health Financing High Impact & Southern Eastern Africa, Health Finance Department
The Global Fund Against AIDS, TB and Malaria
Topic: Innovative financing for HIV in the context of UHC. What works?
Dr. Nertila Tavanxhi is the Manager for High Impact and South and Eastern Africa Health Financing Support at the Health Financing Department of the Global Fund against AIDS, TB and Malaria. Her role is to support access to funding and effective and efficient financing for the three diseases and health systems in the highest burdened countries in Sub Saharan Africa where GFATM is currently providing around 9 bill USD in grants. Before joining the Global Fund, Nertila was Senior Technical Advisor to the Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, and Technical Lead for Transitions and Health Systems Strengthening at UNAIDS Headquarters. As a Senior Health Economist, she was in charge of developing strategies and assisting countries to transition from external aid and integrate financing for HIV into financing for Universal Health Coverage. Prior to joining UNAIDS, she worked for WHO Regional Office for Europe as an adviser on health financing and health systems reform. During her 21 years of experience in global health financing and policy she has interacted and served in different expert groups of major stakeholders in health like the WHO, World Bank, The Global Fund, and the Gates Foundation. She holds a degree in Medicine, a diploma on District Health Management and an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, awarded jointly by the LSE and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine