Science Magazine quotes CGD senior program associate and director of the HIV/AIDS Monitor Nandini Oomman on donor spending to fight HIV/AIDS in developing countries.
From the article:
"Another concern is that PEPFAR funnels much of its aid through international NGOs—big winners are the U.S.-based Family Health International and Management Sciences for Health— instead of trying to strengthen in-country capacity. In an April 2008 report, epidemiologist Nandini Oomman and colleagues at the Center for Global Development, an independent think tank in Washington, D.C., noted that about 70% of PEPFAR funds have gone to international organizations, many of them faith-based. Says Oomman, 'If you’re thinking about a sustainable long-term response, you really do have to think about how you develop local capacity.'"
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