Dr. Christoph Benn at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 27th, 2011 / 9:45 a.m.

Director, External Relations and Partnerships Cluster, Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

There are several steps.

The country works on a proposal. They submit the proposal. It goes to the technical review panel I spoke about and then to the board for approval. Once the board approves, it goes to the secretariat, which enters into a contractual relationship with the country, with clear indicators of what is going to be achieved and how.

That process, from board approval to the actual signing so that the money can flow, takes 11 months, on average.

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