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strategies or acknowledged in other policy discussions. a decade ago, the leaders
of developing as well as developed countries could easily avoid a discussion on the
issue (Mallaby 2004, 314). now with the Global Fund, the '3 by 5' initiative, IavI,
MDG no. 6, and other global health initiatives, there is a global consciousness that
HIv/aIDS is a priority and that all actors play a role in eradicating it and mitigating
its social and economic consequences. 6
Leverage Resources
to sustain the effort of eradicating a specific disease, global health initiatives have
major resources at their disposal. The funds that back them ensure that the specific
disease will not be forgotten. acting as a central global account, such initiatives
allow governments and other actors, including private foundations and donors, to
contribute resources and leverage their impact by combining them with the resources
of others. these contributions are monies that were either already engaged in the
eradication of a disease or new funds that donors were persuaded to contribute.
to date, the best-funded global health initiatives have been built on budgets in the
billions of dollars. this is comparable to the amounts spent on health in the oDa
budgets of industrialised countries, making the global response more effective than
a single-state response to the problem.
Inject New Resources and Create Incentives for Innovation
Global health initiatives inject resources traditionally not available for disease
eradication. Many of the strategic documents for these resources state that funds will
be contributed where there have been gaps in funding. as such the money goes to
new projects on the ground or new scientific research under the broad umbrella of the
initiative's strategy. there has been a notable—some say overwhelming—response
to the call for projects carried out by global health initiatives, which demonstrates
that traditional mechanisms have not been able to reach the potential that already
exists. 7 thus with global health initiatives, new pots of money are put into the global
system and as they are elevated above traditional mechanisms, new ideas and new
solutions are able to come into being. Global health initiatives create a system of
incentives to contribute to health challenges that was previously unavailable.
Monitor Donors
Global health initiatives create a system of donor monitoring that allows the tracking
of the amounts committed and received for the particular cause. as the initiatives exist
at the global level, most potential donors contribute to the same mechanism for each
issue. thus it is possible to keep track of donations and compare them. In additional,
the existence of global health initiatives ensures that there is a mechanism in place to
receive commitments that are made through statements, announcements, and media
releases at summits and other international meetings. 8 Some of these initiatives,
such as the Global Fund, use replenishment conferences and well-developed donor
relations programmes to ensure a commitment promised comes to fruition.
 
 
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