European Union health initiatives in countries of the global south lack effectiveness despite multi-billion euro funding, said a report by the EU’s budget watchdog published Wednesday. The European Commission manages different health projects in partner countries with a budget of over €8 billion ($8.8 billion) from 2007 until 2027. Members of the European Court of Auditors (ECA), who inspected project sites in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo andZimbabwe, criticized poor analyses of needs, inadequate distribution of medicine and equipment, and high management costs. The inspected …