Following the appointment of Ambassador Mark Dybul to be the next executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as the Global Fund Board’s adoption of a new funding model, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel released his government’s next payment to the Global Fund in the amount of 100 million euros ($128 million), according to a press release from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. With the release of funds, the total contribution of the German government to the Global Fund in 2012 is 200 million euros ($256 million), the press release notes (11/16).