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ABSTRACT The Global Fund Board has approved three Round 7 proposals whose original rejection had been appealed by the applicants. The newly approved proposals are from Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Zambia.
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 The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the Global Fund structures, policies and processes for the management of investments in Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health, and the monitoring framework for these investments, need significant improvement; however, the risk mitigation measures for RSSH activities are partially effective, according to the OIG’s ratings.
ABSTRACT A dispute over how travel costs should be accounted for, which delayed the implementation of portions of two malaria grants to Cambodia by several months, has been resolved. The delays occurred against a backdrop of an increase in malaria cases in Cambodia following several years of decline, and renewed concerns about resistance to piperaquine, one of the drugs used in combination therapy to treat malaria cases.
ABSTRACT Safeguards implemented by the Secretariat have effectively reduced financial and fiduciary risks to Global Fund grants to Cambodia, concludes an audit by the Office of the Inspector General. Unfortunately challenges in operationalizing the safeguards have led to prolonged delays in implementing some key activities in Cambodia’s malaria program. Finding the right balance between mitigating fiduciary risks and program risks is a challenge.
ABSTRACT An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General into a malaria grant in Cambodia has found small-scale fraud, instances of nepotism, systemic double-billing of donors, conflicts of interests, and inefficient controls to safeguard grant funds. Allegations made through the OIG’s reporting hotline contributed to the decision to launch the investigation.
ABSTRACT Cambodia's country coordinating mechanism is eager to move beyond past financial scandals as it prepares to sign agreements launching new grants in malaria, HIV and health system strengthening. It faces some challenges in the convergence of many changes, both to strengthen oversight and in the built-in safeguards of the NFM.
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 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.
ABSTRACT All four PRs in Cambodia established separate structures parallel to national ones to manage procurement and M&E functions within Global Fund grants. According to the OIG, this goes against the intention of core Global Fund principles that call for the use and strengthening of national systems.
