The Lancet
Feb 05, 2011  Volume 377 Number 9764  Pages 439 – 526
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Editorial
Supporting the Global Fund to fight fraud
The Lancet

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The idea seemed sensible enough. As a multilateral aid agency, be active in rooting out corruption, be transparent about your findings, and act swiftly to correct any problems. What could go wrong? Sadly, a lot, if donors start backing out of commitments. Last week, Germany’s Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, announced that the country will suspend its payments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria until it gets answers about the corruption allegations recently reported by the Associated Press (AP).