Global Fund selects Management Sciences for Health to support climate-informed disease surveillance in Africa 

Arlington, VA—January 21, 2026—Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has been selected by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) as a provider of technical assistance on climate-informed disease surveillance, in partnership with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET).  

Many low- and middle-income countries have suffered the effects of climate change-driven emergencies, such as floods, storms, droughts, and disease outbreaks, that have shaken their health systems and damaged health outcomes. Ministries of Health seek more efficient ways to maintain essential public health data functions while keeping strong disease-specific systems, and at the same time advancing integration and sustainability in low-resource settings. The Global Fund, through its Climate and Health Catalytic Fund, intends to buttress national HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria programs in Africa against those negative effects through targeted assistance to better detect and respond to disease outbreaks linked to climate.  

As one of the Global Fund’s pre-qualified technical assistance providers, MSH and AFENET together will support African countries in strengthening and integrating data systems for disease surveillance, incorporating climate and other environmental data into existing surveillance systems to augment their early warning capacity for climate-sensitive diseases. We also will assist in developing and institutionalizing climate-informed early warning systems multi-disease surveillance and cross-sectoral preparedness and response. Engaging country stakeholders throughout, our technical assistance will assess existing health infrastructure and surveillance systems, climate-related risks that impact disease transmission and health service provision, vulnerable and most-affected populations, and contextual dynamics and develop a plan to augment or adapt existing digital surveillance infrastructure to incorporate climate risks. It also will focus on sustainability by providing training and skills development across the health workforce and by planning a gradual transfer of financial and operational responsibilities to national and subnational systems. 

According to Technical Advisor Anika Ruisch, this work “…affirms MSH’s expanding role in advancing climate-resilient health systems and its commitment to delivering integrated, data-driven solutions for country partners. Through this partnership with AFENET, MSH will contribute specialized technical expertise while further bolstering AFENET’s institutional and technical capacity.” 

Learn more about our current work with the Global Fund: Global Fund Country and Regional Coordinating Mechanisms