New Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands To Prioritize Organization’s Accountability, Transparency

Associated Press: New chief of Global Fund says accountability is ‘imperative’
“The new executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says he is committed to ensuring the group is as transparent as possible about how its billions of dollars are spent to fight the three killer diseases. … In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, [Peter] Sands said it was ‘absolutely imperative’ that the fund be able to demonstrate that the $4 billion it gives out annually to about 100 countries is used appropriately…” (Cheng, 11/15).

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