One of the biggest players in the development arena is the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which has spent around $20bn over the last five years fighting these diseases.
It is good, then, that the Fund has released an internal evaluation of progress made in these last five years.
In our view, the success of the Fund should be judged against its progress in reducing the incidence of these diseases. After all, that is its primary reason for existing.
But as the the FT reported last week, the Fund has made no such progress. In some cases - notably AIDS - things have got worse.
Here, in more detail, is what the evaluators found:
So there we have it: after 5 years of failure and billions spent, we have precious little to show for it. The Fund trumpets the resources it spreads around and the skill with which it manages itself, but it has not managed to reduce disease.
And still they ask for more money to continue on this failing path. Sounds a bit like the US auto industry...
It is very sad that we waste so much money around the world on war and , we lack funds for providing life for AIDS patients
Posted by: AIDS symptoms | 22 May 2009 at 05:39 PM
Great article, I appreciated the insight. It is amazing how much the U.S. can spend and accomplish so little with it.
Posted by: ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance | 20 May 2009 at 10:13 PM