'Accountability crucial' when faith groups are funded to combat HIV
A top official from a major funding agency says faith communities are crucial to combating the HIV pandemic, but they need to meet international standards of accountability when funds are channeled through them.
Christoph Benn, director of external relations and partnerships at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is a German Lutheran physician who chaired the committee which developed the first policy statement of the World Council of Churches on HIV and AIDS 15 years ago.