Multibillion-dollar health fund fires watchdog

Published November 15, 2012 9:44pm ET



GENEVA (AP) — A $23-billion health fund trying to restore its image announced Thursday that it fired its top internal watchdog, whose office uncovered millions in financial losses that led some donors to withhold funding.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said in a statement its board had sacked Inspector General John Parsons “after a careful review of his performance, which was found to be unsatisfactory.”

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