EU commits $1bn to global fund

Global Fund withdraws grants to Myanmar.

News Global Fund withdraws grants to Myanmar International agencies are scrambling to raise funds to maintain three fledgling health-care projects in Myanmar, after the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria withdrew grants to the country in August this year. Discussions are underway with donors in Norway, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan to try to secure the survival of a p...

Editorial: Global Health Fund or Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria?

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFTAM) has generated passionate debates since the UN Secretary General called for its creation in April 2001 [The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFTAM) 2002].The debates concentrated on issues such as the gap between required funds and funds pledged (US$ 2 billion so far – some of it one-off contributions – where U...

How Should Global Fund Use Value-for-Money Information to Sustain its Investments in Graduating Countries?

It has been debated whether the Global Fund (GF), which is supporting the implementation of programs on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, should consider the value-for-money (VFM) for programs/interventions that they are supporting. In this paper, we critically analyze the uses of economic information for GF programs, not only to ensure accountability to the...

Beyond Dobris: a continent commits to change.

In June 1991, 36 of Europe's environment ministers and deputies met at Czechoslovakia's Dobris Casde, near Prague, to discuss the environmental status of their nations. During the unprecedented conference, the ministers called for the preparation of a comprehensive report on Europe's extensive environmental problems. In August 1995, the European Environment Agency Task Force (a branch of the Eu...

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).