HIV/AIDS: Graft, corruption scuppers funding

A recent flurry of news reports on fraud in grants made by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria has thrown the spotlight on the extent to which graft in recipient countries plagues the funding body.

2 Feb 2011

HIV/AIDS: Graft, corruption scuppers funding

Since then, Germany has suspended its US$250 million pledge pending a full investigation into the corruption; Ireland is stalling on its pledge, and Sweden has warned that it will not pay its contribution to the Fund unless more is done to prevent the misuse of money by recipient countries.

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