The Global Fund as an ATM plus

Interim leader appointed as Global Fund election restarts.

The board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria last week terminated the initial search for a new Executive Director to lead the agency and reopened the race after a series of allegations, leaks, insufficient due diligence, and divergent political agendas derailed efforts. On March 3, the board announced the appointment of Marijke Wijnroks as Interim Executive Director to s...

The precarious promise of the Global Fund.

A global fund for the health MDGs?

1500 www.thelancet.com Vol 373 May 2, 2009 A disadvantage of early vaccination in infancy can be reduced immunogenicity because of acquired immune responses that are less mature, and interference from maternal antibodies. However, newer vaccines supported for potential introduction into some developing countries pose safety as well as effi cacy questions about timing. More than 30% of children ...

Global Fund grant programmes: an analysis of evaluation scores.

BACKGROUND The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria evaluates programme performance after 2 years to help decide whether to continue funding. We aimed to identify the correlation between programme evaluation scores and characteristics of the programme, the health sector, and the recipient country. METHODS We obtained data on the first 140 Global Fund grants evaluated in 2006, a...

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...