APNewsBreak: Global Fund lifts China grant freeze

BEIJING (AP) — A high-profile global health fund that has come under pressure to clean up corruption has ended its dispute with China and will resume hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for programs to fight AIDS and other diseases.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria first froze disbursements of its AIDS grant to China in November and then all other grants in May over suspected misuse of the money and the government's reluctance to involve community groups.

The Geneva-based Global Fund said Tuesday that it is lifting the freeze on funding to China to ensure AIDS work in the country continues while it works with government officials, representatives from United Nations' agencies and private groups to resolve the dispute.