Global Fund Observer (Nairobi)
an independent newsletter about the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria provided by Aidspan
Website: http://www.aidspan.org/
December 3
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Africa: OIG Releases Latest Progress Report [analysis]
Audit reports are being prepared more quickly Read more »
November 30
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Africa: Future OIG Audits to Focus On a Single Business Process [analysis]
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is changing the way it conducts audits. In future, audits will be smaller and more focused, and will rely less on the use of external... Read more »
November 22
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Africa: Five Reasons Why the Inspector General Was Fired, and Another One Why He Should Have Been [press release]
The Global Fund Board did the right thing on 14 November when it fired John Parsons, head of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Read more »
November 21
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Uganda: Govt and the Global Fund to Strengthen Control and Financial Oversight of Anti-Malaria Programmes [press release]
The Global Fund and Uganda's Ministry of Health are implementing a plan to safeguard Fund disbursements in the country following concerns over possible mismanagement of a $51... Read more »
November 20
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Zimbabwe: Global Fund Brings Forward U.S.$84 Million in Its HIV Grant to Zimbabwe [press release]
The Global Fund has disbursed $84 million originally scheduled for 2014 to help Zimbabwe to achieve universal coverage of antiretrovirals (ARVs) by the end of 2012. Read more »
November 14
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Zambia: Global Fund Resolves Stalemate Over U.S.$102 Million HIV Grant to Zambia [press release]
Blocked funds originally intended for National AIDS Network now go to Churches Health Association Read more »
November 5
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Africa: Retirement - No Empty Days, Please [document]
My father was a manager. When he retired, his days were suddenly empty. He had nothing to manage. And now, it's my turn to "retire". But no empty days for me, please - that would... Read more »
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Africa: Aidspan Paper Examines How the Global Fund Calculates Lives Saved [analysis]
Aidspan has published a paper critiquing the way in which the Global Fund quantifies lives saved through programmes that it supports. The paper was prepared by Dr David McCoy, a... Read more »
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Africa: Activists Want Brazil Government to Drop Proposed New Aids Funding Rule [analysis]
Brazilian activists have sounded an alarm over a plan by the government to introduce a new law that will have a negative impact on funding for HIV programmes. The activists said in... Read more »
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Africa: OIG Releases Reports On Three Audits and Two Investigations [analysis]
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released five new reports - three on audits in Bangladesh, Djibouti and Ghana, and two on investigations in Djibouti and South Africa.... Read more »
November 2
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Africa: Global Fund Invites Myanmar to Request Additional Funding for Next Period of HIV Grants [analysis]
The Global Fund is encouraging Myanmar to ask for some new money in its request for continued funding for its two HIV grants, in order to permit a faster scale-up of antiretroviral... Read more »
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Africa: Evidence of Successful National Responses for All Three Diseases in China, OIG Report Says [analysis]
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a report on its diagnostic review of 13 active Global Fund grants to China. At the time of the review, China had already... Read more »
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Africa: The New Funding Model Will Push LAC Out of the Global Fund's Portfolio [press release]
In recent months, the Global Fund board has been discussing the new funding model. It will probably be approved before the end of the year. Outside of the sphere of the board and... Read more »
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Africa: Too Many CCMs Remain Weak, but Progress Is Possible, Report Says [analysis]
"Research shows that when CCMs function well and are populated with civil society representatives who are informed, supported, and accountable, project proposals and implementation... Read more »
October 31
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Namibia: Audit of Grants to Namibia Identifies Good Practices and Some Weaknesses in Implementation
As reported previously in GFO, an audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General found both good practices and weaknesses in the implementation of Global Fund grants in... Read more »
October 29
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Africa: A New GMS Project Is Awarded By USAID [analysis]
A follow-on project to Grant Management Solutions (GMS) has been awarded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with support from the Office of the U.S. Global... Read more »
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Africa: 'Friends' Organisations Promote the Work of the Global Fund [document]
Since the establishment of the Global Fund in 2002, various organisations have been formed as "Friends of the Fund." They promote the work of the Fund and mobilise financial and... Read more »
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Eritrea: Diagnostic Review Finds That Eritrea Has Used Grant Funds Constructively to Strengthen Health Systems [analysis]
Eritrea has used Global Fund resources from a number of grants constructively to strengthen its national health systems, a diagnostic review of the country's grants released by the... Read more »
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Africa: Campaign Launched to Lobby for More Financing for the Global Fund
The Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN), a platform of around 250 individuals and civil society and "Friends of the Fund" organisations, has launched a campaign to advocate for... Read more »
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Africa: Next Steps in the New Funding Model Discussion [analysis]
The Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee (SIIC) of the Global Fund Board is meeting on 24-26 October to discuss the design of the new funding model (NFM) and to prepare a... Read more »
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Gambia: OIG Releases Report On Diagnostic Review for Gambia Grants [analysis]
There are several good practices in the implementation of Global Fund grants in Gambia, but there are also weaknesses in financial management, procurement and supplies management,... Read more »
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Africa: The AMFM Endangers Public Health, Oxfam Says [analysis]
The Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria (AMFm) endangers public health, according to Oxfam. There are alternative approaches that can deliver better health outcomes for poor... Read more »
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Africa: Experts Provide Their Views On the Future of the Global Fund [analysis]
The Global Fund has "missed the point" by jumping directly into the politically very sensitive issue of an allocation model (i.e. how to divide the money). This is the view of... Read more »
August 20
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Eritrea: OIG Releases Reports On Three Audits and Four Diagnostic Reviews [analysis]
In the first week of August, the Office of the Inspector General released seven new reports covering audits conducted in Burundi, Malawi and Ukraine; and diagnostic reviews... Read more »
August 17
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Southern Africa: Sub-Saharan African Delegations to the Global Fund Board Introduce Major Reforms [analysis]
At a consultation meeting convened by Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng, Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board, the two sub-Saharan African constituencies on the Board made significant changes to... Read more »
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