Anna Maalsen
Global Fund Joins Pledge Guarantee for Health
David Garmaise
FUTURE OF AMFM TO BE DECIDED AT GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER
The future of the Affordable Medicines Facility–malaria (AMFm) will be decided at the Global Fund Board meeting on 14–15 November 2012. The outcome appears anything but certain. The AMFm was launched as a two-year pilot phase in April 2009 and began operations in July 2010. The AMFm is hosted by the Global Fund but its programme funding comes from other…
COCA-COLA, GLOBAL FUND EXPAND PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER MEDICINES TO REMOTE AREAS
The Coca-Cola Company and the Global Fund are expanding a project which uses Coca-Cola’s distribution systems and business expertise to help government and non-governmental organisations deliver critical medicines to remote parts of Africa, according to a news release issued by the Fund on 25 September. “Project Last Mile,” was established in 2010 to help the Government of Tanzania build a more efficient…
Report Renews Concerns About Stolen Malaria Medicines
David Garmaise
Why the private sector should increase direct funding to the Global Fund –
by Njihia Mbitiru In December 2013, the private sector representative to the Global Fund proudly announced that through a series of campaigns and initiatives, more than $108 million has been raised for the war chest in the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria. This included profits from sales of specifically branded clothes and other items by Project (Red). What it…