Grant performance

ABSTRACT An audit by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) shows that Kenya has made significant progress against HIV, TB and malaria. This is partly due to the country’s ability to successfully procure and distribute Global Fund-supported health products. The OIG, however, found issues in the quality of services, measurement of grant performance and grant implementation in the context of devolution of health services from the central government to 47 county governments following constitutional changes in 2010.

ABSTRACT The Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organizations (EANNASO) convened a meeting of Global Fund civil society implementers from Anglophone and Lusophone Africa. Participants shared experience of the challenges of grant implementation, grant absorption, and tested solutions. At the end of the two-day meeting, participants welcomed the setup of a Community of Practice to continue learning from each other. Aidspan’s policy team reports.

ABSTRACT By taking part in the Global Fund’s ITP - Implementation Through Partnership initiative, Niger expects to see a significant increase in the absorption rate of some Global Fund grants.

ABSTRACT Trying to resolve the issue of salary incentives in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a long and drawn-out struggle. A transitional plan is currently in place.

RÉSUMÉ Onze pays d'Afrique occidentale et centrale ont rencontré des représentants du Secrétariat du Fonds mondial et les partenaires techniques à Dakar les 28-30 juin 2016 pour répondre aux problèmes des pays à absorber le financement et la mise en œuvre des subventions. Si des mesures appropriées ne sont pas prises, il est estimé que 768 millions $ seront inutilisés d’ici au 31 décembre 2017.

ABSTRACT Eleven countries in West and Central Africa met with representatives of the Global Fund Secretariat and technical partners in Dakar on 28-30 June 2016 to respond to problems the countries are experiencing in absorbing funding and implementing grants. If appropriate actions are not undertaken, it is estimated that $768 million will remain unspent at 31 December 2017.

ABSTRACT An audit of grants to Kenya carried out by the Office of the Inspector General describes challenges created by the decision to devolve health budgets and services to the county level. The audit also expressed concerns that grant performance is measured using national targets rather than grant-specific targets.

ABSTRACT An OIG audit found significant issues with the performance of the Société Générale Haitienne de Banque, a non-profit foundation which has served as the PR for all but one of the Global Fund grants in Haiti.

ABSTRACT According to the Global Fund, at the end of 2009, 78% of grants were performing well, 19% demonstrated inadequate performance, and 3% showed "unacceptable" performance.

ABSTRACT Local Fund Agents perform work of very variable quality, yet the Fund provides little guidance regarding what it expects of them, according to a report by the US Government Accountability Office.