I believe Forum has given everybody a chance to express her/his views on the work of the Global Fund. Hopefully the Board in Geneva and the management will take these views in consideration when making policies and plans for the future. I hope that donors have also been listening. There is definite value...

The very essence of support by any development partner is to reduce poverty and promote good health, as such the Funders should provide a holistic approach to development by identifying broad factors in such societies which are essential determinants of development and then clearly define their interests...

I feel the role of civil society that includes academic institutions, professional associations and NGOs, in any development work, is often misuderstood. While genuine institutions of civil society must exist for a long time and have a demonstrated record of public service, there is no dearth of NGOs...

[Note: This is not in response to the excellent comment of Asima Chakraborty. I could not find anyother way to post my comment independently.] Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on how to improve implementation of the Global Fund supported programs. I have reviewed the guidelines of the...