Haiti

ABSTRACT A report from the OIG on its investigation of Haiti confirms collusion and fraud on the part of the Principal Recipient for grants across all three diseases, Population Services International, through its local affiliate, the Organisation Haitienne de Marketing Social pour la santé. The wrongdoing, related to fraudulent procurement in the process of contracting a warehouse for bednets, involved $216,870 in non-compliant expenditures, about half of which the OIG recommends be recovered from the Principal Recipient. The OIG reviewed other expenditures by the local affiliate, which did not warrant further investigation.

ABSTRACT In the latest batch of funding approvals from the Global Fund Board, three country grants and two multicountry grants were awarded $36 million. The Board also approved funding in the amount of $66 million for interventions on the Unfunded Quality Demand Register. Some of the funding for the UQD interventions came from private sector contributions.

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.

RÉSUMÉ Dans un rapport sur son audit des subventions de Haïti, le Bureau de l’Inspecteur général affirme que le Secrétariat et le récipiendaire principal ont établi des dispositions d’assurance financière et de mise en œuvre propres à garantir une utilisation efficace et efficiente des crédits des subventions. Néanmoins, ajoute-t-il, des inexactitudes ont été relevées liées à la manière dont les programmes sont évalués, ainsi qu’en matière de renforcement des capacités y afférentes. Ajoutés aux retards de signature des contrats avec les sous-récipiendaires et au démarrage tardif des activités, estime le Bureau de l’Inspecteur général, ces facteurs « ont pu contribuer aux faibles résultats programmatiques la première année de mise en œuvre ».

ABSTRACT In a report on its audit of grants to Haiti, the Office of the Inspector General said that the Secretariat and the principal recipient have designed financial assurance and implementation arrangements to ensure efficient and effective use of grant funds. However, the OIG stated, there are inadequacies in the way programs are assessed and in related capacity building. Together with other factors such as delayed signing of sub-recipient contracts, the OIG said, this “may have contributed to low programmatic performance in the first year of grant implementation.”

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.