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ABSTRACT Promising early results from the Global Fund’s strategic initiative for differentiated HIV service delivery provide useful lessons for the next round of catalytic investments.
ABSTRACT Allegations of salary-related fraud within Global Fund grants have grown rapidly, the Office of the Inspector General says, especially in the past two years. The OIG has issued a report on two recent investigations into salary-related fraud in Nigeria and Indonesia, finding non-compliant expenditures in both programs, and seeking recoveries of the full amounts in both countries.
ABSTRACT The Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations has published a report based on a survey across seven countries in the region, examining the degree and nature of civil society and community engagement in the Global Fund’s country dialogue processes. The report notes overall improvement compared to 2015, but highlights the persistence of some of the same issues, and makes recommendations to address them.
ABSTRACT In the Office of the Inspector General’s second country audit of Indonesia, shortcomings in HIV program design, in particular, were emphasized as needing major improvement if the country is to reach its 2020 program targets. Some TB program-related issues were also identified. Major improvements noted by the OIG since the 2015 country audit highlighted Government commitment to fighting the three diseases, with domestic resources accounting for more than two thirds of the budgets for those national programs.
ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has approved a policy framework to guide the transition from the third replenishment of rounds-based funding to the fourth replenishment and full roll-out of the new funding model (NFM). The debate prior to the decision was the most contentious at the 31st Board meeting in Jakarta.
ABSTRACT In a 'proactive' investigation, the Office of the Inspector General uncovered some deficiencies in the Global Fund’s processes for procuring HIV rapid diagnostic test kits, between 2014 and early 2017, in eight countries including Georgia, South Africa and Uzbekistan. The focus of the investigation was on the Global Fund's quality assurance processes, not the Principal Recipients.
ABSTRACT SHIFT is a two-year regional advocacy program in Southeast Asia that aims to empower civil society organizations and key population communities to advocate for sustainable HIV financing. The four countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, all of which have started to plan for transition away from Global Fund support.
ABSTRACT In May, Indonesia’s country coordinating mechanism submitted several funding requests, including a joint TB-HIV proposal and two matching funds requests. The joint TB-HIV request, which was submitted for full review, outlines how the country plans to achieve global and national targets.
ABSTRACT This is a list of decision points approved by the Global Fund Board during its 31st meeting, held 6-7 March in Jakarta. The headings are linked to separate Aidspan articles about each decision point.
ABSTRACT The Global Fund has chosen a new chair: Dr Nafsiah Mboi, from Indonesia, and a new Vice-Chair: Mireille Guigaz, from France. Both are women.
