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Global Fund spending a "mistake" - President

    JOHANNESBURG

    Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said it was a mistake for the Global Fund to earmark US $150 million for HIV/AIDS sensitisation instead of the procurement of life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and malaria research.

    The Fund recently suspended all its grants to Uganda after "evidence of serious mismanagement" of the funds.

    In response Uganda has set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the allegations of misappropriation.

    The local New Vision newspaper quoted Museveni as saying, "If I were to appear before the Commission, I will recommend that money to be used for buying ARVs and research on AIDS and malaria."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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