Report: Replenishing the Global Fund in 2013 – Options for U.S. Diplomatic Support
Katherine E. Bliss
CSIS, May 2013, 8 pages

Hopes are high for a successful outcome of the 2013 replenishment process, through which the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria seeks pledges of $15 billion to support planned activities for 2014–2016. The Fund is at a critical juncture. Established in 2002 to be an innovative multilateral organization, the Fund was designed as a partnership of the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors and intended to be more flexible and attuned to country needs than traditional United Nations agencies in distributing donor monies. Following reports of grant mismanagement in some key recipient countries in 2011, the Fund went through an extensive, and at times difficult, yearlong reform process that has put new leadership in place, overhauled grant administration and accounting procedures, and positioned the organization to reengage with donors in securing financial support for its activities. Yet at a time when some experts argue it is finally possible to “turn the tide” on HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis,2 it is an open question whether countries and other donors will pledge adequate funding to meet the revitalized Fund’s replenishment goal…

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