During October-November 2023, the Regional Hub convened virtual consultations with the eight Global Alliance countries in the ESA region. The main objective of the consultations was to accelerate the
implementation of the country action plans by understanding progress and challenges, generating solutions, and sharing learning. The consultations were attended by Regional Hub members and country teams comprising representatives of national ministries of health, national networks of people living with HIV, the UN, and funding, technical and implementing partners. Th roughout th e discussions, the challenges faced by each country we re acknowledged, reinforcing the commitment to transparency and
collective problem solving. Country teams were provided with a common template to facilitate learning across countries. Countries were paired (Kenya and Uganda, South Africa and Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) using a format that encouraged cross country sharing. (Technical difficulties resulted in separate calls with Angola and Mozambique.)
This report summarizes the learning from the calls and presents key next steps by country and at regional level.