October 30, 2006
In four years short years the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has become one of the most important aid agencies in the world, pioneering new approaches in foreign assistance and committing some $5.5 billion in grants to more than 130 countries to combat the three diseases that together kill 16,000 people a day. This week the Global Fund names a new executive director as the organization shifts from being an innovative start-up to a mature institution. A new CGD working group report identifies key challenges for Global Fund's new head. Learn more