In most countries, Global Fund grants are highly commoditized as the largest proportion of the grant investments are used to pay for health and non-health commodities. This means that the supply chain, together with procurement, absorb a significant proportion of grant funds. The extent to which countries handle these two areas is critical to achieving the Global Fund’s mission. As…
The role of national central procurement agencies National central procurement agencies for essential drugs fulfill a public service with a social purpose, in accordance with their national pharmaceutical policies. Those institutions, called CAMEG (La Centrale d’Achat des Médicaments Essentiels Génériques et des consommables médicaux) for Central Agencies for Essential and Generic Medicines, are autonomous government institutions that purchase quality medications, laboratory reagents…
“There is often an asymmetry between the high level of accountability for impact that the Global Fund is generally held to and the sometimes low level of control that the organization has on many of the factors that drive such impact.” These were the words of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in its 2017 Annual Report which was…
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How can the Global Fund finance innovation to improve health product supply chains in resource-limited settings?
Dr Alassane Ba and Dr Karl Hounmenou