The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been a recipient country of the Global Fund since 2004 and has signed over US$ 2.8 billion worth of grants for TB, TB/HIV, HIV, Malaria and RSSH programmes. In addition, DRC is also part of the following Global Fund Multicountry grants of Multicountry Southern Africa SADC, Multicountry Southern Africa TIMS, Multicountry TB WC Africa NTP/SRL. 

DRC was one of the five African countries which co-hosted the Preparatory Meeting of the Seventh Replenishment of the Global Fund on 23-24 February 2022. The country is both an implementer of Global Fund funded programmes and a contributor to the Global Fund.  For the Sixth Replenishment of the Global Fund, DRC pledged US$ 6 million. 

DRC is also part of the the Breaking Down Barriers Initiative launched in 2020. As part of this initiative, a Baseline Assessment was conducted in 2020.

The key findings of the baseline assessment revealed that  at the time the assessments were undertaken in the 20 priority countries , programs existed in all seven of the program areas relevant to removing human rights-related barriers to HIV services.  But at the time the assessments were undertaken, the programs were generally not sufficiently supported in terms of funding and local capacity, were not at a scale that makes a significant difference, and otherwise lacked the scope to reach the populations who need them.

With support from the Global Fund, DRC has successfully implemented electronic health information systems including District Health Information System 2 in all 26 provinces. The country has also developed and implemented an online surveillance system in five provinces that allows real-time reporting on epidemic outbreaks. This is vital tool in preparing for and detecting future pandemic threats (Learn more).