Gov’t diverted money received for MSM programmes, study finds

The government diverted almost all of the money it received in Phase One of the Global Fund for work specifically with men who have sex with men (MSM) to other programmes, according to a new study, which also found that existing programmes here for the vulnerable group are small scale.

“In the most extreme case, funding for MSM programmes supported by the Global Fund in Guyana dropped by 96% between initial proposal and final budget,” said the report released yesterday by amfAR,