Board Decisions

GF/B20/DP16

Approved by the Board on: 11 November 2009


In-Kind Non-Health Product Donations

The Board requests the Secretariat to continue to gather information regarding in-kind donations, in particular research into the donation of non-health products and for this purpose authorizes the Secretariat to undertake the facilitation of donations of non-health products to Global Fund grant recipients on a trial basis. The trials shall be in a limited number of countries and will be conducted in line with the guidelines for service donations developed by the Secretariat. Specific attention shall be paid to donations of non-health products by health companies. The Board requests the Secretariat to report to the Finance and Audit Committee, regarding the outcome of the trials, with the aim of making recommendations to the Board, at the Board's second meeting in 2011.