The Washington Post's lead editorial following the White House Summit on Malaria, titled Fighting scourges such as Malaria and AIDS requires strong institutions (December 18) correctly noted the disarray at the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, and stressed the importance of leadership, direction and funds for the Global Fund. Arguing that perhaps more than half of the $8 billion-plus that is needed for these three diseases will have to come from the Global Fund, it acknowledged the need for funds as well as a balance between hands off and hand on approach in aid recipient countries by the future Global Fund. Clearly what it could not say in a short editorial is that not just the strength, but the institutional design of donor aid for public health more generally will have profound impact on the speed, efficiency and effectiveness with which the scourge of the three diseases afflicting developing countries is eliminated.
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