To:
Hon. Mrs Aida Kurtovic, Chair of the Board
Hon. Mr Peter Sands, Incoming Executive Director
Hon. Mrs Marijke Wijnroks, Interim Executive Director
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Chemin de Blandonnet 8
1214 Vernier
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Mrs Kurtovic, Mr Sands and Mrs Wijnroks,
It is with tremendous appreciation and respect for the work and mission of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that we write to you today to voice our deep concern with the newly announced partnership with Heineken, and to respectfully urge you to immediately end this partnership.
The era of sustainable development should be all about partnerships; to address cross-cutting drivers and determinants of ill-heath and poverty, to mobilize resources, to unlock synergies across sectors, and to galvanize truly sustainable efforts to implement evidence-based good practice for transformational change.
We understand the need to seek new financing mechanisms for global health and see the apparent benefits of building on the logistics developed by commercial enterprises. However, we respectfully point out the dangers inherent in partnerships with the producers and marketers of hazardous products such as alcohol.
Read more: http://iogt.org/open-letters/joint-open-letter-concern-regarding-global-fund-partnering-heineken/
signed by:
Kristina Sperkova, International President, IOGT International
Sally Casswell, Chair, Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
Katie Dain, CEO, NCD Alliance
New York, Auckland, London, February 1, 2018