BMJ  2005;331:718 (1 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.718

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Global Fund toughens stance against corruption

London

Richard Feachem of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria tells Lynn Eaton how the fund sees the enforcement of transparency and accountability as a vital step in ensuring results

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The recent decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to suspend grants to Uganda on the grounds that the funds were misappropriated ( BMJ 2005;331: 475[Free Full Text]) feeds the common perception that corruption is more rife in African countries than elsewhere around the world.

Whether corruption is any worse in an African country than, say, in India or El Salvador, is open to debate. But how do aid agencies ensure that their funds are used for the purposes for which they are intended? And, from a medical viewpoint, what are the ramifications for public health if a funding organisation takes the difficult decision to suspend a grant?

Dr Richard Feachem, executive director of the fund, fully accepts the difficulty of what he described as the "life and death" decision they had to make over Uganda. The grants were worth a total of $201m . . . [Full text of this article]

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