In the realm of global health, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria often receives less criticism than its neighbors in Geneva, such as the World Health Organization. But it has made some enemies.
Last December, a group of African parliamentarians alleged the fund has neglected them and only uses them for fundraising purposes. Months before, civil society groups demanded accountability from the Global Fund over repeated shortages of essential medicines in Kenya and Mozambique, with one policy expert saying the organization keeps “funding a broken system.”
But one NGO — Interactive Research & Development, or IRD — has gone to unprecedented lengths to demand accountability from the multilateral institution, by filing a case against it in court.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
