Global Fund limits access to private expense account

Internal report had labeled some charges excessive

The account had been used to pay the expenses of Richard G.A. Feachem and other staff members.

By John Donnelly

Globe Staff / February 10, 2007

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WASHINGTON -- The board overseeing a $7 billion fund that fights deadly infectious diseases in some of the world's poorest countries yesterday sharply limited access to a private expense account following an internal investigation that revealed the executive director and his top-level staff used it to pay for limousines and lavish dinner parties. (Full article: 636 words)