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...

despite the mythology that the global economy with its trade rules creates a ‘level playing field,’ international trade has never involved ‘level players.’ the inequalities in outcomes generated by the more powerful winning more frequently has led to innovative ideas for ex post redistribution to make the matches between the players both fairer, and in the analogy to basketball used by the auth...

INTRODUCTION In 2010, the Global Fund provided more than 75% of external international financing for malaria control. The Global Fund uses performance based funding in the grants it finances. This paper analyses the indicators used to measure the performance of Global Fund supported malaria grants in Asia. METHODS Indicators used in the performance frameworks for all Global Fund supported mal...