C Severo - May 11, 2006 Here are three options for resource mobilization: 1) Debt conversion: Experience in Tanzania has shown that Ministries must propose options for use of debt conversion. As recently as 2004=2005, only the Min Education had proposed a plan, while the Min Health had not. At that time...

medigist - May 08, 2006 Global fund should ensure all the amount collected and spent has balance. while disease mgmt should get 50% the other half should be spent on disease prevention including health education. an innovative way is to ensure the participation of major companies across the globe. For...

Edwin Wanyonyi - May 22, 2006 Global Fund has mainly worked through government machinery. In this case the principal recipients are normaly the Ministry of Finance in the respective countries. However, this at times is misconstrued to mean this is a government affair. Their is need for clear demacation...

Amadougalo - May 22, 2006 Good evening members. In my opinion what can be done to improve communication with and between developing contries to improve understanding of what the Global Fund is and how it works, and stimulate more active resource mobilization from these countries on behalf of the GF is...

Sammi Fredenburg - May 20, 2006 May i comment here on this subject again please? i've been like a proud parent all week long watching Bono and Dr. Feachem and the other delegates on the ground in africa. Reuters, ONE, and (red) have blog pages and it can sometimes be like playing "Where's...

Shahid Mallick - May 19, 2006 As personnaly I have been invlove with development sector particulay in NGO and in particularly I have been leading one small organization in Bangladesh I have learn that some grassroots organization have huge potenilaity to serve the peole and it also reduce the administrative...

May 18, 2006 Message by Ashish Srivastava Though various alternative media are available for mass & group approaches in Asian & other developing countries. Audio visual aids e.g. visual aids (leaflets, posters, models) may be useful in improvement of communication. Audio-visual aids should be...

May 18, 2006 Message from David Omorebokhae The GF should do the following in different countries: 1. Buy into Local Radio/TV Programmes 2. Buy into Local Newspapers 3. Engage Communications Expert to help design messages for Communities that may not have access to the three media above: In the case...

Esther Odubajo-Oni - May 18, 2006 Global Fund should have offices in the developing countries. The advantages are many 1. Such offices will assist the Fund to decentralise some of its functions and the heavy workload it has at the moment. 2. It will help improve communication between the Fund and such...

plchan - May 18, 2006 While there are advantages of country office and thecritical role of communication, every effort should be used to avoid adding any bureaucracy to a an already very complex process. Websites are good but not very responsive and not always accessible. I suggest using existing lines...