Foreign Affairs committee  These drugs were costing more than $10,000 per patient per year 10 years ago, before the Global Fund started; we are now purchasing these drugs for $150 per patient per year. That's a dramatic decline in terms of cost. We are purchasing more than 90% of these drugs from generic p

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, it is primarily India, but we also buy from other emerging economies.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct. We don't dictate the terms, but we measure the results. As I indicated, we think this is like a contract. We enter a partnership contract in which the responsibility is with the country, but they are also accountable for the results. That's the contract. If that's

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean in economic terms?

Foreign Affairs committee  There are numbers. Malaria alone costs the African continent $12 billion per year. That's a significant amount. It is not just the direct cost for the treatment for the disease, but the cost of absenteeism. Frequently people in Africa cannot go to work, cannot care for the commun

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. For all the interventions there are educational components, even for the mosquito nets. We have, for example, radio program advertisements to tell people to sleep under the nets, so that they understand why they are protected by these nets. It's important to understand. The

Foreign Affairs committee  No, hopefully that would get us to the second option. The third option would mean a doubling of the contribution by all donors, because currently for this replenishment period we are at $10 billion, and the third option is $20 billion. We are aiming for $17 billion for the next

Foreign Affairs committee  You mentioned all the right numbers. Cumulatively, Canada has contributed close to $1 billion Canadian. Over this three-year replenishment period, Canada contributed $450 million, and as I mentioned, which makes Canada the eighth-largest donor to the Global Fund. I would characte

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I would mention in particular Russia and China. They have already made this transition, but we want to see an even bigger commitment. We would now also like to have countries such as India, Brazil, and so on come to the table, because it's a joint responsibility, after all.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. About half of our resources go to the governments directly, and half of the resources go to the non-governmental sector, but the important point is that it's the countries that decide. It's not us deciding at the global level and picking an NGO here or an NGO there. Many are

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. It's critical for our model that we can demonstrate results and good use of money. The way we do it is by implementing what we call “performance-based funding”. That means every recipient enters into a contract with the Global Fund. The contract includes the indi

Foreign Affairs committee  You're absolutely right. All the MDGs are interconnected, and I'm pleased you're mentioning MDG 8, because that's an effective development partnership. We would not be able to achieve the results on MDGs 4, 5, and 6--children, maternal mortality, and the diseases--unless we initi

Foreign Affairs committee  The Global Fund has basically two origins. One is the UN; the UN Secretary-General at that time, Kofi Annan, whom I hope you will see in the video at the end, was really a big supporter of the fund. The other one has always been the G-8. It started with the G-8 in Canada in 200

Foreign Affairs committee  That's very important. The investment of the Global Fund goes equally into prevention and treatment. By the way, it's not the Global Fund secretariat that decides that, but the countries. When the countries apply, they design their programs, and we simply finance them, so we do

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, we do. In the most affected countries in Africa, we see a decline of HIV prevalence. It's not as dramatic as with malaria, of course. You can't achieve that in a short period of time. As I said, with malaria, it's 50%, but in HIV, you now achieve reductions of 5% or 10%, whi