Office of the Inspector General

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The Office of the Inspector General safeguards the assets, investments, reputation and sustainability of the Global Fund by ensuring that it takes the right action to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics.

The Office of the Inspector General reports on all its activities in the interests of transparency and accountability. All the results of its work are published on the Global Fund website in line with the disclosure policy outlined by the Board. See the Audits & Investigations and Board Documents pages for published reports.

As the Global Fund operates in an increasingly complex and rapidly evolving environment, the OIG continues to evolve the way it delivers its mandate. While assurance and investigations remain at the core of its work, the OIG is placing greater emphasis on strategic insight, risk intelligence, prevention and organizational resilience, helping the Global Fund anticipate emerging challenges, strengthen key controls and capabilities, and deliver greater impact.

The OIG's assurance work includes audit as a core capability, while also assessing the effectiveness of assurance mechanisms across the grant cycle and how they are mapped, validated and leveraged. Through investigations, the OIG deters and detects fraud, corruption and abuse through both reactive and proactive work. Through its Strategic Advice, Insights & Prevention function, the OIG analyzes patterns and trends emerging from OIG work and internal and external data sources to provide forward-looking insight, strengthen organizational resilience, and help prevent issues from arising.

The scope of work for the Office of the Inspector General includes all systems, processes, operations, functions and activities of the Global Fund and of the programs it supports. The Inspector General has the authority to:

  • Access all books and records maintained by the Global Fund
  • Access all books and records relating to grants funded by the Global Fund, whether maintained by grant recipients or Local Fund Agents
  • Access the sites where these records are kept and where the programs are implemented, as permitted under applicable arrangements
  • Seek any information required from any personnel involved in the Global Fund's projects and require such personnel to cooperate with any reasonable request made by the Office of the Inspector General
  • Obtain independent professional advice and secure the involvement in its activities of outside persons with relevant experience and expertise, if and when determined necessary

The Office of the Inspector General is independent of the Global Fund Secretariat and reports directly to the Board through its Audit and Finance Committee.