Samuel Muniu
Global Fund Board approves Secretariat operating expenses
DECISION POINT: GF/B31/DP04 The Global Fund Board approved operating expenses for the Secretariat in the amount of $298.8 million in 2014, including $20.5 million for the Office of the Inspector General. The Board also approved a decision point requesting monitoring by the Secretariat of foreign exchange fluctuations. In the first decision made during its 31st meeting, held 6-7 March in…
Global Fund will ‘donate’ $5 million to Venezuela to provide treatment for HIV
The Global Fund will donate 5.0 million U.S. dollars to finance the procurement of critical health products for Venezuela, which is in the midst of a severe economic and health crisis. This funding is exceptional for several reasons. First, Venezuela does not meet the grant eligibility requirements for upper-middle-income countries, but the Global Fund is making an exception in this…
