Audit of USAID Malawi’s Implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALAUDIT OF USAID/MALAWI’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-612-07-011-P September 21, 2007 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICAOffice of Inspector General September 21, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Malawi Mission Director, Curt Reintsma USAID/Southern Africa Mission Director, Carleene Dei FROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Nathan S. Lokos /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Malawi’s Implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Report No. 4-612-07-011-P) This memorandum transmits the Office of Inspector General’s final report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered management comments on the draft report and have included those comments in their entirety in Appendix II. The report includes five recommendations to USAID/Malawi and one recommendation to USAID/Southern Africa to assist USAID/Malawi in improving its efforts to provide proper accountability for its Emergency Plan activities. In responding to the draft report, USAID/Malawi concurred with Recommendations No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and provided plans in response to these recommendations. Accordingly, management decisions have been reached on Recommendations No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The report also includes Recommendation No. 6, which recommends that USAID/Southern Africa request a decision from USAID’s Office of Acquisition and Assistance Policy Division as to whether agreements ...