Morning Briefing

Based on a report released last week by a high-level independent review panel on fiduciary controls and oversight mechanisms at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, "[t]he changes needed at the Fund are clearly substantial," according to a Lancet editorial. "However, as the report notes, there is 'nothing that cannot be fixed by appropriate reform.' Whether governments in this era of austerity will stick by the Fund as it evolves is now a major concern. But there are good reasons for donors to keep funding the Global Fund," the editorial states.