August 25, 2011

Global Fund Resumes AIDS Funding Grants to China

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has lifted its freeze on distributing funds to China that resulted from a dispute over suspected misuse of funds, The Associated Press reports. In November 2010 the Global Fund froze a $283 million AIDS grant because Chinese government agencies were channeling too small a share of the funds to grassroots organizations. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will set up a separate group to manage all funding that is allocated to civil society groups. Since 2003, the Global Fund has given $570 million in grants to China.

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