Corruption

RÉSUMÉ Le rapport du Bureau de l'Inspecteur Général sur son audit de la gestion des risques de fraude au sein du Fonds Mondial adopte une nouvelle méthode d'évaluation qui n'est pas facile à suivre, car ce qu’il qualifie de niveaux de maturité de la gestion de la fraude n’est pas facile à comprendre; et n'a aucun rapport avec les évaluations faites dans l'audit précédent de la gestion des risques de fraude. Toutes mes excuses pour le caractère vague des conclusions, mais les lecteurs intéressés peuvent consulter le rapport complet pour connaître les résultats détaillés qui ont conduit à ces conclusions. Vous trouverez peut-être les réponses du BIG au commentaire, peu convaincantes.

ABSTRACT International donors, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, promptly made funds available to assist the fight of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to assess whether existing mechanisms, including the Global Fund’s “three-line defense model,” can be used to manage risk in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. Allegations of fraud and corruption are multiplying across countries. Aidspan relies on civil society organizations to help maintain accountability in this COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT While countries are joining hands to raise resources to combat COVID-19, some are engaging in corruption. In Brazil, tenders with inflated pricing were awarded over others that offered significantly lower pricing. In Kenya, the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority is embroiled in a 7.7 billion KES ($71.3 million) scandal for COVID-19 PPE. Similarly, in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, overpricing was evident in the procurement of medical supplies for the COVID-19 response. In Somalia and Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Health’s employees embezzled funds meant to fight COVID-19. There is a need to keep government spending of COVID-19 funds in check.

ABSTRACT Launched by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the I Speak Out Now! campaign is designed to encourage staff and grant implementers to denounce fraud, abuse and human rights violations in the programs it finances. This article outlines the campaign and the multimedia-online effort the Fund is engaging in to promote its visibility and effectiveness.

ABSTRACT The UK government will use its latest investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to secure a set of performance targets regarding the foreign aid it has given to the Global Fund. The UK will monitor the investment’s performance and 10 per cent of the new UK investment will subsequently be paid out dependent on whether performance is satisfactory. The UK’s International Development Secretary Priti Patel made the announcement of the agreement at the Global Fund’s 5th Replenishment event in Montreal.

RÉSUMÉ Le premier avis annuel émis par le Bureau de l’Inspecteur général reconnaît une amélioration de la « maturité organisationnelle » du Secrétariat. Toutefois, d’autres améliorations s’avèrent nécessaires, en particulier dans des domaines comme la gestion des risques, la gouvernance et les contrôles internes.

ABSTRACT An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General recommended that Nigeria's National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) refund $785,906 to the Global Fund after it found irregularities in renovation of medical stores carried out by contractors .

ABSTRACT Two suppliers of mosquito nets implicated in corrupt practices in Cambodia see their suspensions lifted by the Global Fund and will be required to accede to a series of compliance conditions in order to continue as contractors.

ABSTRACT The Office of the Inspector General says it has found evidence of non-compliant expenditures, over-priced goods and collusion among suppliers in several malaria grants to Madagascar.

ABSTRACT Two of the Global Fund’s top suppliers of mosquito nets have been suspended following an investigation in Cambodia that revealed they paid $410,712 in kickbacks for supply contracts worth over $11 million.