I think the most likely explanation is that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding bednet distribution programs that it considers at least as cost-effective as the marginal distribution funded by the AMF (and that are probably equivalent).
From this post, my high-level naive understanding is that the Gates-funded Global Fund and the AMF fund the same kind of programs.
My understanding is that the main reason these funding gaps exist is that even Gates doesn’t have enough money to fund everything. From the post linked above: “The Global Fund is the world’s largest funder of malaria control activities and has a funding replenishment round every three years, with funding provided by global governments, that determines the funds it has available across three disease areas: HIV/Aids, malaria and TB. The target for the 2024 to 2026 period was raising US$18 billion, largely to stand still. The funding achieved was US$15.7 billion.”
The Gates Foundation has committed to giving away $8.6 billion this year. They could cover the Global Fund’s budget by themselves only if they exclusively funded those things (which they don’t; they fund lots of things).
And if they did, the gap would move to the next best funding opportunity.
Thanks! I think I was having the impression that the Gates Foundation was struggling to give out money (e.g. this comment from a long time ago), but I’m now learning that that’s probably no longer true—they set a goal of $9 billion by 2026 and they’re already having a budget of $8.6 billion this year. Now it makes sense.
I think the most likely explanation is that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding bednet distribution programs that it considers at least as cost-effective as the marginal distribution funded by the AMF (and that are probably equivalent).
From this post, my high-level naive understanding is that the Gates-funded Global Fund and the AMF fund the same kind of programs.
My understanding is that the main reason these funding gaps exist is that even Gates doesn’t have enough money to fund everything. From the post linked above: “The Global Fund is the world’s largest funder of malaria control activities and has a funding replenishment round every three years, with funding provided by global governments, that determines the funds it has available across three disease areas: HIV/Aids, malaria and TB. The target for the 2024 to 2026 period was raising US$18 billion, largely to stand still. The funding achieved was US$15.7 billion.”
The Gates Foundation has committed to giving away $8.6 billion this year. They could cover the Global Fund’s budget by themselves only if they exclusively funded those things (which they don’t; they fund lots of things).
And if they did, the gap would move to the next best funding opportunity.
Thanks! I think I was having the impression that the Gates Foundation was struggling to give out money (e.g. this comment from a long time ago), but I’m now learning that that’s probably no longer true—they set a goal of $9 billion by 2026 and they’re already having a budget of $8.6 billion this year. Now it makes sense.