domestic financing for health

The Office of the Inspector General’s audit report on the Global Fund grants to Republic of Congo provides a picture of disappointing performance over a prolonged period. Low government support and low Global Fund grant amounts are mentioned as key factors in the lack of progress in fighting HIV and TB. However, the report does not take sufficient account of other factors such as the impact of COVID-19. Readers will have to decide for themselves whether they are convinced that the agreed management action plan is the best and only way forward. This article concludes with some suggestions for improvement.

ABSTRACT This article summaries the OIG Audit Report on Global Fund grants to the Philippines. It covers the performance of the disease programs over the past four years and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on those programs. The HIV program is shown to have been most adversely affected; and only the malaria program appears to be on track.

ABSTRACT Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, face-to-face events have had to be replaced by online ones. It is much harder to engage people virtually and maintain their interest from a television screen or computer monitor. Yet this is exactly what SwitchPoint does. In 2020, IntraHealth International’s SwitchPoint team launched a series of SwitchPoint Virtual Exchanges: online, creative, and highly interactive gatherings. SwitchPoint Exchange events have taken place in Ghana, Japan, Rwanda, and the US—and now they’re taking place online, engaging young people in global health and supported by Gavi, the Global Fund and IntraHealth.