As reported above, the Global Fund Secretariat provides confidential Grant Scorecards to board members during consideration of “Phase 2 renewal” of grants that are approaching the end of their second year. The Grant Scorecards, which contain the Secretarit’s candid comments on the strengths and weaknesses of each grant, are published at www.theglobalfund.org/en/funds_raised/performance after the Phase 2 decisions have been made….
USING GLOBAL FUND GRANTS TO FINANCE HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
Eric A. Friedman
ADDITIONAL DATA REGARDING GLOBAL FUND GRANT PERFORMANCE
Bernard Rivers
Aidspan web site visited by 2,000 people in a single day
Aidspan’s web site (www.aidspan.org), which is normally visited by about 500 people per day, was visited by 2,000 people the day after GFO announced a week ago that the site now provides an “early-warning” system showing for every Global Fund grant how well that grant is performing against its own goals and in relation to other Global Fund grants. In…
Global Fund Inspector General
As a result of pressure from the United States, the Board agreed to appoint an Inspector General. The role of the office of the inspector general will be to assess whether the Global Fund and its grant recipients are using the money in the ways intended. Inspections, both announced and unannounced, will be conducted of the Global Fund, PRs, Sub-Recipients,…
Quality Assurance of Limited Source Pharmaceutical Products
At its October 2002 meeting, the board decided that if a medicinal product is to be eligible for purchase using Global Fund grants, it must meet various requirements. One of these is that if it is a “single- or limited-source product,” it must (a) have been found to be acceptable by the WHO-initiated UN Pilot Procurement Quality and Sourcing Project,…
Committee Restructuring
Bernard Rivers
Phase 2 Grants
Bernard Rivers
Funding of CCM Secretariats
Bernard Rivers