Conflict of Interest in Community-led Monitoring programs

Community-led monitoring (CLM) is a forward-looking, state-of-the-art intervention to improve the quality and accessibility of health services, through data-driven monitoring and advocacy led by key and vulnerable populations (KVP), including people living with HIV (PLHIV) and people at risk for tuberculosis and malaria.

Key donors and partners, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF), the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and UNAIDS, have supported the development of CLM and the rapid expansion of a proliferation of different models of CLM, implemented by different stakeholders.

However, given the unique requirement of CLM programs to remain independent and impartial in their monitoring work, an urgent need to address conflicts of interest has emerged.

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