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Overhaul of system after $23 m lost

09:54, June 02, 2011      

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The Ministry of Health will launch an overhaul in late June of programs that had been funded until recently by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in a bid to strengthen the management and supervision of grants from the organization and address the concerns that caused it to withhold its money.

Last week, the ministry confirmed that the Geneva-based international organization that provides funding for disease control work around the world had suspended $23 million in financial support for groups in China for three months because of its concerns about the way the money was being used.

Health Minister Chen Zhu announced during a teleconference this week that local health administrations and centers for disease control that oversee the programs funded by Global Fund must correct irregularities in grant use and promised to punish anyone found to have abused the funding.

Also, the "involvement of societies in the fight against diseases must be constantly encouraged and supported, which is something else that was required by Global Fund", Chen said while meeting leaders from many of the grassroots organizations affected by the loss of funding.

On Monday, Andrew Hurst, a spokesman of the Global Fund, said the organization had talked over problems with major recipients, including Chinese health authorities and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the players had already made some decisions about how to move forward.

"They met and worked out a detailed plan to address these issues and we trust that this will allow Global Fund to lift its suspension of funding," said a statement from the World Health Organization's (WHO) Beijing office on May 25.

The WHO statement also expressed the concern of many of Global Fund's partners in China, which are worried about the potential negative impacts of the sudden loss of funding on HIV, TB and malaria programs.

"Global Fund funding is now fully integrated into China's national programs for preventing HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. These programs provide lifesaving prevention and treatment services to millions of adults and children," the statement said. "Disease transmission does not wait for funds to be available. Global Fund funds and projects benefit many individuals and families across China and also directly benefit civil society."

Since 2003, the Global Fund has disbursed $548 million in grants within China and has earmarked around $680 million for future funding, mainly to combat HIV/AIDS and TB on the mainland, said a statement issued by the ministry on Wednesday. Programs that were funded by the organization before the freeze have extended to two-thirds of China's counties and benefited tens of thousands of people.

The sudden halt came as a heavy blow to many small NGOs that had received support from the fund but that have struggled to get financial help from domestic enterprises and philanthropic foundations because they have not gained non-profit accreditation from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said He Tiantian, who heads the Women's Network against AIDS, a civil society.

"We have no idea where our organization will be next year, just like poor people dare not think about where they will get their next meal," she said.

The society, like many others, has not managed to gain formal registration as a non-profit organization.

Meng Lin, the coordinator of the secretariat of the China Alliance of People Living with HIV/AIDS, told China Daily on Sunday: "The reasons for the suspension of funding are complicated and the two sides' different approaches toward social organizations is definitely an important factor.

"We are hopeful the Global Fund will be able to work out some of the problems with the government. There are still opportunities for the Global Fund to cooperate with the Chinese government."

Meng said Beijing should improve its management of international aid funds to ensure there is no inappropriate use of such donations from foreign taxpayers.

In China, it is difficult for many social organizations to be legally registered as nonprofit entities, even though they have played increasingly important roles in meeting people's needs in areas including health and education, said Wang Zhenyao, chief of Beijing Normal University's One Foundation Community Research Institute.

The fact that many of the groups being supported by Global Fund have not been able to get non-profit status was understood to be one of the reasons why the funding was halted.

Without a legal identity as a non-profit organization, some grassroots groups have faced problems raising money or conducting their projects independently, Wang added.

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