Devex: Surprises and questions from the Global Fund replenishment
“Donors got creative in their efforts to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with $12.9 billion last weekend in Montreal, Canada. A range of public and private donors pledged to the Global Fund, including many for the first time. In addition to seeing new contributors, pledges came via a variety of new funding mechanisms and arrangements, part of an effort to secure longer-term donor buy-in and shake up the traditional pledging model…” (Anders, 9/21).