Category Archives: Aid accountability
Aid eligibility in a mobile, high-velocity world
Why are we still allocating funds for health to precisely those national governments who fail to care for or dedicate funding to those who need it? Continue reading
How Will We Know When It’s the End of AIDS?
Five signs to look for when we’re actually close. Continue reading
TB, Human Rights and the Law: “Tell it like it is”
Stop TB Partnership’s workshop on TB and human rights this week: fired up and ready for action. Continue reading
Global Fund KPIs: Accountability and the hall of mirrors
About two weeks ago, the Global Fund Observer, a newsletter that reports on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, published an article about the Fund’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The article raised concerns about the process of developing the KPIs, … Continue reading
In 2017, set global health targets from the ground up
I’m lucky to be starting 2017 in Grenada, a flawlessly beautiful island nation of just 100,000 people. But Grenada, like many countries, has found it hard to gather basic HIV data in a context where same-sex sexuality and sex work … Continue reading
Diversity, strength and inclusive health governance: Implementers on the Global Fund Board
Update from the retreat of the Global Fund Board Implementers Group in Kenya last week. Continue reading
Don’t Brexit the AIDS response: The world we come home to from Durban
Hands off the lawyers, hands off the drugs. Continue reading
Who Pays to Fulfill Health Rights? Aid Eligibility, Accountability and Fiscal Space
Reposted from Health and Human Rights Journal Now that members of the UN have adopted the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the next question is: how to pay for it all? The answers raise questions about aid eligibility, transparency and accountability.
Who monitors human rights in health?
With new health-related human rights indicators on the way, who will monitor progress? Continue reading
Getting human rights into global health indicators
From the Health and Human Rights journal special issue on evidence of the impact of human rights on health: In response to new scientific developments, UNAIDS, WHO, and global health financing institutions have joined together to promote a “fast-track” global scale-up of … Continue reading
