Current GFO Articles
Action needed to scale up access to shorter, safer TB prevention and treatment regimens
As COVID-19 fatalities continue to decline, tuberculosis (TB) has reclaimed its position as the world’s deadliest infectious disease – killing 1.6 million people in 2021, the highest toll in nearly two decades. Since early 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted TB programs and other... 8 Mar 2023 |
OIG Investigation Report on Global Fund Grants to Sierra Leone
Background A 2019 Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit had found serious deficiencies in financial controls, assurance activities and governance, and numerous indicators of fraud in grants implemented by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), including bid-rigging... 8 Mar 2023 |
The importance of human rights in the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 funding requests
Context Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is intimately linked to the removal of human rights barriers in access to HIV and other health services. This is the conclusion reached by the Global Fund. Based on this, it has taken a very clear direction. As you can see from the... 8 Mar 2023 |
Countries know what’s coming: so why don’t they prepare better?
Dear subscribers First and foremost, happy International Women’s Day! It would be great to start this Editorial with a stirring success story but unfortunately, it’s the opposite. Staff writer Amida asks why, after decades of increasing action, a woman’s lot is... 8 Mar 2023 |
OIG Audit Report on Global Fund Grants to Madagascar
On 25 November 2022 the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its report on the audit of Global Fund grants to Madagascar. The audit's overall objective was to provide reasonable assurance on the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the grants. The objectives, ratings and scope of... 8 Mar 2023 |
