BeckyMc - Jan 26, 2006 My name is Becky McDonald and I am the Vice Chairperson of the Board of the Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa. I have 28 years of experience in hospice administration in the US and our hospice program has a hospice "twin" or partner in Johannesburg, SA. These...

Edward O. Ayanbiola - Jan 19, 2006 First, let me thank the moderator for this forum. Second, I want to express my sincere thanks to the GATES FOUNDATION for all it has done in Africa. My name is Edward O. Ayanbiola, an African and I have lived in USA (Washington DC area) for over 30-years. I am a Pharmacist...

Jan 26, 2006 Theme: The Global Fund’s successes, challenges and suggested topics Background: The first week’s contributors to the online discussion forum represented all regions except Latin America: They also represented various sectors, different structural relationships with the Global Fund, and demonstrated...

toshniwalm - Feb 07, 2006 The Global Fund needs to be strengthened in terms of long term support for all the activities being carried out. Secondly the Global Fund should be kept away from politics or discrimination or any personal agenda of any of the donor members or countries. Thirdly the Global Fund...

Feb 02, 2006 Theme: The Global Fund’s Strategic Positioning; The Fund’s unique roles and participants’ opinions on its performance The second and third week’s discussions focused on the Fund’s strategic positioning: it’s unique or different roles in comparison to those played by other organizations funding...

ccmindo - Apr 11, 2006 Views of Indonesia CCM and Technical Working Group Members Remy Rohadian – AusAID Indonesia In order to survive, GFATM might need to review the way they do business (eg from centralised to decentralised); improve M&E systems and implementation; inform the donors about the consequences...

Workneh Kassie - Apr 26, 2006 The best case scenario for a predictable and sustained replenishment mechanism would be for the Global Fund and its traditional donors (countries, private foundations, corporations etc.) to agree on a medium term agreement for an earmarked annual contribution as countries...

Timothy Mbugua - Feb 22, 2006 The achievements that GF has made in a short span of time need not be gainsaid. However, for greater impact to be achieved, there is need for a holistic approach to the whole issue of health and health financing especially in the developing world. One of the key bottlenecks...