Gabriele Laborde-Balen, Bernard Taverne, Khoudia Sow
COVID-19 AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA: GLOBAL FUND GRANT IMPLEMENTERS RESPOND
The first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Africa in March, and the epidemic is spreading, albeit at a slower rate than in European countries – or so it would seem. Civil society organizations (CSOs) in several African countries are organizing their responses, aware of the danger that the pandemic presents for their countries and their populations. These organizations have witnessed…
OIG INVESTIGATION OF PHISHING FRAUD IN SENEGAL FINDS “MULTIPLE CONTROL LAPSES” WITHIN MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL ACTION
In an investigation of Global Fund grants to Senegal, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that Global Fund monies destined for the purchase of tuberculosis diagnostic equipment, for Senegal’s Tuberculosis/Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health grant, were unwittingly transferred to fraudsters posing as the Principal Recipient’s (PR) supplier. The fraudsters hacked the email account of a PR procurement…
