Value for Money

My recent editorial in the Guardian highlighted the importance of better defining and verifying results as part of the next Global Fund funding cycle.  In particular, I’m critical of using indicators like “bed nets distributed” to convey anything about the impact of the progra...

As the largest bilateral donor in global health, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is unequaled in its reach and impact. Yet despite its larger-than-life profile, we’ve found that the details of its implementation arrangements and decision-making often remains obscu...

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its partners could save more lives with the same amount of money by allocating it in ways designed to maximize the positive impact on health. That is the central message of CGD’s Value for Money Working group report – More Healt...