Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’

Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published Issue 287 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features articles on various topics, including two news articles addressing the Global Fund inspector general’s findings of deficiencies and fraud related to grant implementation in Nigeria; a commentary on reducing human rights barriers to end HIV, TB, and malaria; an article on Canada’s increased pledge to the Global Fund and the announcement the nation will host the fund’s fifth replenishment conference in September; and an analysis on how the Russian Federation is addressing the country’s HIV and TB epidemics with reduced funding from the Global Fund.