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. 2007 May;85(5):348–353. doi: 10.2471/06.035402

Table 5. Areas of collaboration between the Global Drug Facility and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 2004–2006.

Year Area of collaboration
2004–2006 17 principal recipients of funding from Global Fund used the GDF’s Direct Procurement Service to obtain high-quality, affordable anti-TB drugs
2006 Technical support was provided by GDF to the Global Fund Secretariat during the competitive selection process for independent third parties conducting sampling and/or testing of pharmaceutical products procured according to the Global Fund’s quality assurance policies
2006 Following convergence with the Green Light Committee (part of the Stop TB Partnership), the GDF became the mandated procurement mechanism for use in procuring second-line anti-TB drugs to treat multidrug-resistant TB for all supplies funded by the Global Fund
2005 Conclusion of memorandum of understanding regarding cooperation between the Global Partnership to Stop TB and the Global Fund (19 May 2005)
2005–2006 Technical support was provided for development of new Global Fund quality assurance policy for procurement of single-source and limited-source anti-TB drugs