“When you look at the $34 million in [the] context [of the $13 billion dispersed to date by the fund], it’s less than 0.3 percent of the total they’ve disbursed,” Savedoff said. “What concerns me most is that we don’t know if this is the tip of the iceberg orÂ whether this is all of the corruption with this fund,” he added,Â before describing the factors that make the health sector particularly susceptible to corruption.
SavedoffÂ “congratulated” the Global Fund on its recently announced anti-corruption efforts, butÂ said he’d like to see the fund “stay true to their original approach which was to control corruption by making sure that results happen” in recipient countries.Â “Measuring results is one of the best tools for any NGO, foundation, or agency to convince its donors to put in money,” Savedoff said.
This audio interview is part of the Daily Report’s Global Health Conversations series featuring global health thought leaders discussing topical issues pertaining to U.S. policy on global health.