The Lancet
May 02, 2009  Volume 373  Number 9674  Pages 1495 – 1576
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

A global fund for the health MDGs?
Giorgio Cometto, Gorik Ooms, Ann Starrs, Paul Zeitz
The world is off track to achieve the health-related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.1 Maternal mortality has stagnated for two decades,2 child mortality is not declining fast enough,3 HIV/AIDS still infects people faster than the pace of antiretroviral treatment roll-out,4 and inequalities are widening within and across countries.5 Addressing these crises will require increased funding and more efficient spending. The next Board meetings of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the GAVI Alliance, scheduled for May and June, respectively, present an opportunity to tackle these issues.