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Highlights
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Board Decisions Regarding Governance
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Key Decisions Made by Global Fund Board
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Which Countries Should Give How Much to the Global Fund?
The Global Fund has predicted for some months now that it will need to receive a total of $7.1 billion in 2006 plus 2007. The total amount that it expects to receive in 2004 plus 2005 is $3.0 billion. Thus, the Fund needs to start receiving money at more than double the rate of the past two years. The reason…
Ten Top Problems Faced by CCMs
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Head of PEPFAR Chosen as Chair of Key Global Fund Committee
The Global Fund board has chosen Ambassador Randall Tobias, head of PEPFAR, the $15 billion US bilateral AIDS program, to serve as Chair of the Global Fund’s key Policy and Strategy Committee. The resolution to approve Tobias, which came despite complaints by activist NGOs and a critical editorial in the New York Times, nearly failed to pass as a result…
US Withdraws Requirement That Affected Global Fund Grant Recipients
After receiving protests from some US NGOs and queries from the media, Ambassador Randall Tobias, head of the US’s bilateral AIDS program PEPFAR, withdrew a newly-published US requirement which stated that non-governmental recipients of Global Fund grants “must have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution.” The requirement was the latest in a steadily escalating set of conditions placed upon recipients of…
it’s Time to Soften the Comprehensive Funding Policy
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