Mary Ann Torres, Alberto Nieves, Eduardo Franco
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN VENEZUELA CONCERNED THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED FOR THE MALARIA FUNDING REQUEST
Several Venezuelan civil society organizations (CSOs), former ministers of health, and academics wrote an open letter to the Global Fund to express their concern about the lack of participation of CSOs in the development of the country’s funding request to the Global Fund for the malaria grant. The letter, dated 20 June 2020, was addressed to the Global Fund Secretariat,…
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…
Latin America and Caribbean constituency expresses concerns following Global Fund’s 41st Board meeting
Edner Boucicaut