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Bernard Rivers

ABSTRACT The Nepal NGO proposal for Round 4 was endorsed at the last moment by the CCM, and thus could be considered ...

International AIDS Conference Roundup

Bernard Rivers

ABSTRACT The International AIDS Conference ended today. Thanks in large part to criticisms of President Bush's $15 bi ...

An Open Letter to Richard Feachem and The Board of the Global Fund

Rajiv Kafle

ABSTRACT "The Nepal Ministry of Health insists that the contract be approved by the cabinet, the top council of gover ...

Two Giants Learning to Dance Together

ABSTRACT Will having Ambassador Tobias as chair of the Global Fund's Policy and Strategy Committee lead to the Fund b ...

OIG Country Audit in Nepal Indicates Some Weaknesse

David Garmaise

ABSTRACT A country audit in Nepal by the Office of the Inspector General has revealed some weaknesses in the manageme ...

Increase funding or abandon hope of ending malaria, TB and AIDS

Aidspan

ABSTRACT Donors at the Seventh Replenishment Preparatory Meeting were urged to pledge billions of dollars to get the ...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FIDUCIARY INTERMEDIARY FUND FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Aidspan

ABSTRACT The World Bank’s Fiduciary Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Preparedness and Response reminds readers that i ...

WHO IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK IN THE GLOBAL HEALTH ECOLOGY ?

Aidspan

ABSTRACT The Fiduciary Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Preparedness and Response had its first Board meeting on 8 and 9 ...

The future of health work in Africa: what are the possibilities and who pays?

Arlette Campbell White

ABSTRACT Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, face-to-face events have had to be replaced by online ones. It is much ha ...

A COVID-19 Commission of Inquiry can improve pandemic preparedness in Africa

Ann Ithibu and Alan Whiteside

ABSTRACT The Global Fund has called for an African commission to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. We urge ...