Board Decisions

GF/B15/DP31

Approved by the Board on: 27 April 2007


Debt2Health Mechanism

1. The Board acknowledges the potential for additional resources for the Global Fund from debt conversions and authorizes the Secretariat to implement a two year pilot phase (2007-2009) of the Debt2Health mechanism in up to four beneficiary countries.

2. The Board authorizes the Secretariat for the purposes of the implementation of Debt2Health to accept restricted contributions from counterpart funds which are attributed at the country level. 

3. The Board requests the Secretariat to implement and monitor the Debt2Health pilot phase and to report on the results and lessons learned to the Finance and Audit Committee on a regular basis.