Health Ministry disputes report on transparency benchmarks for AIDS programme funding

The Ministry of Health yesterday sought to set the record straight about funding for its AIDS programme from The Global Fund, which was reported to be hinged on transparency benchmarks.

“The funding being hinged on “transparency benchmarks” as stated in the Kaieteur News is incorrect and mischievous,” the Ministry said in a statement yesterday.

The newspaper reported that funding for programmes to combat HIV/AIDS, over the next two years, had been