A deep dive into the challenges facing African health programs: a regional comparative analysis of 2022-2023 OIG audits

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is an important part of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. It is tasked with safeguarding the organization’s assets, investments, and reputation through audits and investigations. Their approach includes risk management, governance, and internal controls, while investigating allegations of fraud, abuse, and human rights violations…

Enhancing the Global Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy: key recommendations and African perspectives

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The Global Fund Board established the Additional Safeguard Policy (ASP)  in 2004 as an approach for alternative funding mechanisms where particular constraints about funding Principal Recipients (PRs) and sub-recipients (SRs) exist. Since its inception, the ASP has not been reviewed to determine its fit for purpose in an evolving environment. In 2023, the Global Fund…

OIG Audit: A Review of the Global Fund’s Grant Monitoring

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In May this year, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published an audit report of the Global Fund’s approach to grant monitoring. The report outlines achievements and areas with gaps, emphasising the importance of effective grant oversight for desired programmatic impact in the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria. Grant Monitoring Grant monitoring is…

OIG Reports Three African Countries for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released three audit findings for Global Fund (GF)- supported programs in Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe pointing out malfeasant conduct among recipients of GF resources in these countries; in violation of the GF’s Operational Framework for all the programs that receive GF support. At the time of publication of this summary, except for Zimbabwe, the Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) for Uganda and South Africa had shared their reflections on the OIG findings.

Global Fund Secretariat Decisions on Burkina Faso – The Office of the Inspector General Weighs In

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The Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General found that Burkina Faso was declared a Challenging Operating Environment two years late with non-compliance with the GF Secretariat-issued Operational Policy Note methodology. Since this led to the relevant analysis not being performed, this did not allow the country to be granted timely and appropriate flexibilities.