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. 2007 Aug;4(8):e219.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040219.

Making performance-based funding work for health

Daniel Low-Beer  1 , Houtan Afkhami, Ryuichi Komatsu, Prerna Banati, Musoke Sempala, Itamar Katz, John Cutler, Paul Schumacher, Ronald Tran-Ba-Huy, Bernhard Schwartländer
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Making performance-based funding work for health

Daniel Low-Beer et al. PLoS Med. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Performance-based funding provides powerful incentives to scale up the fight against HIV, TB, and malaria, argues a team of authors from the Global Fund.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors declare that they are employees of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, but have no additional conflicts of interest. The contents of this article do not necessarily represent the views of the Global Fund.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Variability in Performance of 215 Grants Evaluated by December 1, 2006
A: met or exceeded performance. B1: adequate performance. B2: inadequate performance but demonstrated potential. C: unacceptable performance.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Variability in rogrammatic Performance in Major Service Areas for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Cross-Cutting Care, Support, and Training
ARV, antiretroviral; DOTS, directly observed treatment, short-course; LLN, long-lasting net; MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
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