Bernard Rivers
GLOBAL FUND RELEASES REPORT ON PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY
Civil society (CS) has played a key role in the design and development of the Global Fund, and in the response to AIDS, TB and malaria, but some challenges remain if the contribution of CS is to be maximised. This is the main message of a new report released by the Global Fund, “An Evolving Partnership: The Global Fund and…
“Providing” Treatment Versus “Supporting” Treatment
A key feature of the Global Fund is that it says it is “results-based” – that it can measure the impact that its grants have, and it can prove to its donors that their money is well-spent. Recently, PEPFAR (the $15 billion US bilateral AIDS program) has had a difficult time coping with some confusions that its published numbers have…
The Fund’s "Executive Dashboard"
In June 2004, Richard Feachem, the Fund’s Executive Director, informed the board, “We have developed the so-called ‘Executive Dashboard’, an IT-based tracking and reporting tool, which will allow us to monitor progress against agreed targets on an ongoing basis and intervene early when there are signs of slippage.” A year later, the Executive Dashboard was made available from the Fund’s…
Fund Releases Progress Report
Bernard Rivers
