Global Fund backs off threatened cuts to grants

The Global Fund has backed down on its threat to cut or reduce health grants to Cambodia worth more than $100 million, saying they considered the fraction of misused funds that have been returned thus far a sign of sufficient good will. In a letter sent to Health Minister Mam Bun Heng on December 9, the Global Fund threatened to cut or reduce grants worth $106 million if $427,841 was not refunded within a month by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS), NGO umbrella group Medicam and the Ministry of Health. …

Kevin Ponniah
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