GC8 Fact Sheet - Modular Framework - How to Use the Handbook

Sep 12, 2026

GC8 Fact Sheet explains how the Global Fund Modular Framework Handbook helps applicants and implementers structure grant activities into standard modules and interventions across HIV, TB, malaria and resilient and sustainable systems for health (RSSH). It outlines the handbook’s four-component approach, describing what modules and interventions are, how indicative activities are selected, and how core impact, outcome and coverage indicators support performance frameworks. It also links the framework to key grant documents and supports community actors with step-by-step guidance and an illustrative Community-Led Monitoring example.

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GC8 Fact Sheet

Modular Framework

How to use the Modular Framework Handbook?

Section 1: Modules, interventions and indicative list of activities

Section 2: Core list of indicators

How to use the modular framework as a community actor? Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Framework

Practical example: Community-Led Monitoring (CLM)

GC8 Fact Sheet Modular Framework How to use the Modular Framework Handbook? In Grant Cycle 8 (GC8), many countries are receiving reduced allocations. Those with higher economic capacity and lower disease burden will see a more significant reduction. However, all countries will need to make difficult but necessary decisions to protect HIV, TB and malaria outcomes and more rigorously use Global Fund investments in a catalytic manner, in complementarity with domestic budgets and other funding. The Global Fund has adapted the GC8 Modular Framework Handbook to respond to these challenges, introducing significant changes and strategic shifts, including a revamped approach to co-financing, a stronger emphasis on transition planning, enhanced support for public financial management and scaling up integration across programs and health systems. The handbook is structured in four components (RSSH, HIV, TB and malaria) . Section 1 describes modules and interventions and includes an indicative list of activities. Section 2 provides the core list of indicators. Section 1: Modules, interventions and indicative list of activities A module represents a broad programmatic area under each disease component or RSSH, that groups related interventions contributing to a specific objective. Each standard intervention includes a list of activities that can be adapted to country and program context. This set of modules, interventions and activities guides users to select and organize financial, procurement and programmatic information by strategic priority areas across grants and components. Section 2: Core list of indicators The list includes a set of Impact and Outcome indicators that are used to assess overall progress towards national program goals and objectives. In addition, each module has a list of proposed coverage indicators to measure success of the program in reaching people with services. Based on the modules and interventions supported by the grants, a sub-set of indicators is selected and included in the performance framework. To facilitate navigation across the handbook, sections 1 and 2 are interconnected within each component, with hyperlinks between modules, interventions and indicators. Hyperlinks are also used across RSSH, HIV, TB and malaria components to connect references to modules and interventions in different components. The GC8 Modular Framework Handbook guides applicants and implementers to organize program activities into standard modules and interventions for the three diseases (HIV, TB and malaria) and resilient and sustainable systems for health (RSSH) and select performance metrics that best align with their strategic priorities, health needs and specific country contexts. It supports countries throughout the grant lifecycle when completing or updating the following Global Fund documents: Performance Framework (PF), Detailed Budget (DB), Progress Updates/Disbursement Requests (PU/DRs) and Health Product Management Template (HPMT) . | Level | Definition | Purpose | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0RGXOH | Broad programmatic area contributing to a strategic objective | Ensures standardization for budgeting and monitoring | Treatment, Care and Support | | ,QWHUYHQWLRQ | An area of specific programmatic focus within a module | Describes the type of support and action | Treatment monitoring-viral load, antiretroviral (ARV) toxicity and drug resistance | | $FWLYLW\ | Specific tasks to operationalize interventions | Used for implementation planning and support on costing | Point of care and lab-based viral load testing | | ,QGLFDWRUV | Standardized measures to capture results linked to modules | Used to measure progress and performance | TCS-8 Percentage of people living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with viral load test result | How to use the modular framework as a community actor? Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Framework 1. Access the Modular Framework Handbook: Download

FAQs

What is the Modular Framework Handbook for in Grant Cycle 8 (GC8)?

It guides applicants and implementers to organize program activities into standard modules and interventions for HIV, TB, malaria and RSSH, and to select performance metrics aligned with priorities and country contexts.

How are modules, interventions and activities defined in the handbook?

A module is a broad programmatic area within a disease component or RSSH grouping related interventions toward an objective. Each intervention lists activities that can be adapted to country and program context.

Which indicators does the handbook provide for performance tracking?

It includes Impact and Outcome indicators to assess progress toward national goals, plus proposed coverage indicators to measure success in reaching people with services. A subset is then selected for the performance framework.

Sep 12, 2026

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