OPINION: The response to the announced increase in spending on health (from R84bn to R102bn '€“ approximately a 25% increase) by Pravin Gordhan has received mixed responses, from praise to queries regarding whether the budget brings us closer to the proposed National Health Insurance. By Bernhard Gaede

Every day, programs supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria save at least 3 600 lives, prevent thousands of new infections and alleviate untold suffering. Global Fund present its 2010 Results Report, which shows how its investments have helped accelerate progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). All the documents can be found here.