Financial management

ABSTRACT A new audit of grants to Myanmar by the Office of the Inspector General shows that the country is making good progress in its fight against the three diseases, thanks in part to increased financial commitments from the government and initiatives to extend health care coverage. However, there are increasing concerns about how Myanmar can best plan for sustainability, optimize resources and bridge gaps in service quality.

ABSTRACT An audit of Global Fund grants to Bangladesh rated them as “partially effective,” the second highest rating in the OIG’s four-tier rating scheme. The Office of the Inspector General said that Bangladesh has made significant progress in the fight against the three diseases, but that problems remain. The audit identified significant program and financial management weaknesses in the national TB program.

ABSTRACT An audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of Global Fund grants to Burkina Faso documents a number of achievements and good practices, but also identifies a need to enhance the capacities of the three principal recipients. The largest PR, Programme d’Appui au Développement Sanitaire du Burkina Faso, lacks a program management unit.

ABSTRACT In its latest Malawi audit, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), assessed the mechanisms in place to ensure quality of services, the supply chain systems that deliver quality medicines and health products, plus the implementation arrangements that ensure the absorption of grant funds.

ABSTRACT Prompted by findings from an audit of grants to South Sudan conducted in 2015, the Office of the Inspector General undertook an investigation which identified more than $500,000 in non-compliant expenditures by a sub-recipient.

ABSTRACT Two new reports on audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General found that controls were adequate in some areas but inadequate in others. The Rwanda audit focused as much on the implementation of the results-based financing pilot as on the grants themselves.

ABSTRACT “The expectations for reporting, management and oversight placed on fragile states by the Global Fund have not been realistic,” the Office of the Inspector General said following an audit in Guinea-Bissau. Meanwhile, OIG investigations in Mali and Ghana revealed that some grant funds were misused.

ABSTRACT Ukraine must find ways to maximize the impact of its Global Fund-supported HIV and TB programs with less money than expected and a longer implementation period.

ABSTRACT Gabriel Jaramillo, the Global Fund’s General Manager from February 2012 to January 2013, has provided the Board with some reflections on his time working with the Fund. This article summarises what Mr Jaramillo said about the Consolidated Transformation Plan, the reorganisation of the Secretariat, and deficiencies in financial and management information systems. In a separate article, GFO reports on what Mr Jaramillo said about governance.

ABSTRACT In its latest progress report, the Office of the Inspector General says that it is moving away from its historic focus on country level grants, and that it is also revising the approach of its Investigations Unit.