Global Fund rescinds approval of Round 10 TB proposal from the Russian Federation

The Global Fund has rescinded its approval of a Round 10 TB grant from the Russian Federation. The official reason advanced by the Fund was that the period allotted for negotiations of the grant agreement had expired with no agreement having been signed. However, the real reason appears to have been the fact that the Government of the Russian Federation was opposed to the country receiving any more grants from the Global Fund because it now sees itself as a donor to the Fund. In addition, the Global Fund did not want to sign a grant agreement unless the Government was on board.