David Garmaise
Alliance India Conducts Mock OIG Audit Exercise
David Garmaise
AIDSPAN LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON DESIGN OF NEW FUNDING MODEL
On 12 October 2012, the Global Fund Secretariat submitted a paper containing options and recommendations for the design of the new funding model to the Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee (SIIC) of the Global Fund Board. The SIIC will discuss the paper at its meeting in Geneva of 24–26 October 2012. At its meeting in September, the Board approved in…
IS THERE SCOPE FOR RISK?
Anyone who has scrutinized reports from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will have noticed that in the last couple of years the tone has become less strident and more nuanced. The new tone is welcome, but I have a quibble about some of the new language. Somewhere along the way, the OIG decided, or was told, that it…
REMEMBERING DR TEWOLDE GEBREMESKEL, A PIONEER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA
By Kate Macintyre I was saddened to learn that Dr Tewolde Gebremeskel, Head of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) in Eritrea, has died at the age of 60. His intelligence, fierce drive, transparency, work ethic and energy, supported by an able, well-organised team, have been largely responsible for Eritrea’s successful malaria control programme in the last 15 years. After…
SEARCH FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
In an article in GFO 195 on the search for the next Executive Director of the Global Fund, we wrote: “As previously agreed by the Board, the final list of four candidates will include at least two women.” We used that same language in an article in GFO 184 in May 2012, citing as our source a news release issued by the Global Fund…
AIDSPAN HAS A NEW WEBSITE AND A NEW LOGO
For ten years, Aidspan has had a website that has served us well, enabling us to carry out our mandate as a watchdog of the Global Fund. Through the website, we have been able to provide access to our many Aidspan guides and reports and our hundreds of GFO articles. The website has gained a wide audience over the years…
AIDSPAN GUIDE TO TFM APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
David Garmaise
AIDSPAN SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR THREE STAFF POSITIONS
David Garmaise
RETIREMENT – NO EMPTY DAYS, PLEASE
Bernard Rivers