tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7814302048191855335..comments2024-03-17T05:36:26.059-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Will the Freeze of the Global Fund Finally Put Health Care Corruption on the Agenda?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-90053873054305403492011-11-30T01:41:55.890-05:002011-11-30T01:41:55.890-05:00The competition in NGO charities is often about &q...The competition in NGO charities is often about "people served." Look at the revelations on the Second Mile program related to the Penn State fiaso, some of the people served were children who simply received informational pamphlets or packs of trading cards. Is that really service?<br /><br />And it extends to the biggest (and probably? most honest) of them all, the Salvarion Army. Afraidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-57770101644499201612011-11-29T10:38:53.709-05:002011-11-29T10:38:53.709-05:00Prof Savedoff -
Thanks. Great comments!
I agre...Prof Savedoff - <br /><br />Thanks. Great comments!<br /><br />I agree that there is a certain irony in the Global Fund being made a poster child for the effects of corruption, given that the Fund seems to have made more of an effort to look for corruption than have many other donors (although that effort appears to be post-hoc.)<br /><br />My point above, though, was to use this case to Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-57695111423149343612011-11-29T10:25:00.420-05:002011-11-29T10:25:00.420-05:00I'm glad you've picked up this issue and g...I'm glad you've picked up this issue and given it some visibility.<br /><br />To me, the biggest irony of the situation is that the Global Fund's investigation office is being serious about the rhetoric from politicians in donor countries about not tolerating corruption and being transparent. Then, countries like Sweden and Germany start pulling out because they are "shocked&Bill Savedoffnoreply@blogger.com