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| 2010 || October || || The United States president [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] administration announces a three-year (FY11-FY13), $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund. It would be the first time the United States make a multi-year pledge to the Global Fund.<ref name="The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria">{{cite web|title=The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|url=http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-the-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tuberculosis-and-malaria/|website=kff.org|accessdate=29 April 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2011 || January || Controversy || American news agency [[wikipedia:Associates Press|Associated Press]] (AP) publishes an article calling attention to several instances of fraud and corruption at the Global Fund. The article focuses on allegations of corruption and fraud in 4 of the 145 countries that receive Global Fund grants: [[wikipedia:Mali|Mali]], [[wikipedia:Djibouti|Djibouti]], [[wikipedia:Mauritania|Mauritania]], and [[wikipedia:Zambia|Zambia]].<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013"/> The Fund would respond in April with its own report, reiterating the Fund’s “zero-tolerance” approach to corruption, and publicizing the “$44 million in fraudulent, unsupported, or ineligible expenditures” which it attempts to recoup.<ref name="Working Group on Value for Money"/> ||
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| 2011 || June 23 || || The Global Fund announces having signed an agreement with the [[wikipedia:International Aid Transparency Initiative|International Aid Transparency Initiative]], a multilateral effort (including donors, countries, and civil society organizations) to publicly disclose aid data in a standardized, timely approach.<ref name="CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013">{{cite web|title=CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41363.pdf|website=fas.org|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> ||
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