MONROVIA – Renowned international health body The Global Fund has released a damaging report on the Ministry of Health, unearthing alleged acts of corruption amounting to nearly US$1M. The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics. After OIG’s 2019 Audit of Global Fund Grants in Liberia found that Fiscal Agent oversight was inadequate, a new Fiscal Agent Team Leader was assigned in 2020. However, the Committee’s findings will not impact OIG’s investigation findings or the subsequent actions taken by the Global Fund as a consequence of OIG’s investigation findings”. In its report, the Fiscal Agent Cardno disagreed with OIG’s conclusions regarding conflict of interest on the part of the former Fiscal Agent team.
