'GLOBAL FUND' TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL

[Guest guest]

[Dear Forum subscribers; it may be interesting to note that there is no Indian

representation at the Global Fund Technical review panel. There is no Indian

representation at the Board Members of the Fund either: Moderator]

GLOBAL FUND NAMES TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL TO REVIEW FUNDING PROPOSALS. First

Grant Awards to be Announced in April

GENEVA, March 11, 2002 - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis

and Malaria, a new initiative to combat the epidemics that kill six

million people each year, today announced the appointment of an

international panel of experts that will review all grant proposals

and make recommendations to the Board for funding.

The 17-member Technical Review Panel includes experts in disease

control and prevention, clinical care, health education, and

international development. All members of the panel have worked in

the developing world, where the HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria epidemics

have the greatest impact.

The Technical Review Panel will meet in Geneva from 25 March to 5

April to review the first round of funding proposals. The Board will

make final funding decisions, and will announce the first grant

awards at the conclusion of its next meeting, scheduled for 22-24

April in New York.

" This panel of experts will help the Global Fund to identify

projects that will have clear and demonstrable impact in the fight

against AIDS, TB, and malaria, " said Dr. Chrispus Kiyonga, the Fund's

Board Chair, who announced the appointments today. " We are very

pleased that the Fund will be guided by some of the world's leading

public health authorities, who bring with them invaluable technical

knowledge and extensive field experience. "

Technical Review Panel members were selected from a group of almost

700 nominees from around the world. Members of the panel were drawn

from government and non-governmental organizations, the developed and

developing worlds, and the public and private sectors. Panel members

will serve in their personal capacities as experts in their fields,

not as representatives of their institutions or governments.

Appointees to the Technical Review Panel include:

Broomberg, South Africa

Godwin Coutinho, Uganda

Usa Duongsaa, Thailand

a Fujiwara, USA

Gordon, Guyana

Ranieri Guerra, Italy

Michel Kazatchkine, France

Kazembe, Malawi

Ann Lansang, Philippines

Fabio Luelmo, Argentina

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Poland

Jane , UK

Toru Mori, Japan

Sandiford, New Zealand

Amadou Sy Elhadj, Senegal

Valdilea Veloso Dos Santos, Brazil

Kong-Lai Zhang, China

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Soruce: Globalfundatm.org

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