Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

The Global Fund was created to provide life-saving resources to fight three (3) of the world's most devastating diseases; AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. In Zambia, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has taken on the role of temporary Principal Recipient for Global Funds grants for all three diseases. Since December 2010, total of US$ 103,329,929 has been disbursed to Zambia.

With this partnership, UNDP will help the Ministry of Health deepen its own institutional capacities, including its financial management and oversight systems to resume the role of Principal Recipient of Global Fund grants as soon as possible.

Working with the Ministry of Health, UNDP will endeavour to contribute to:

• Reduction of Malaria cases as a public health problem;

•  Dramatically reduce death from AIDS and achieve a significant and lasting decline in new HIV infections and  mother to child transmission;

•  Achieve significant declines in TB prevalence and mortality and reach a majority of those who need it with multi drug resistant TB treatment;

•  Ensure lasting improvements to health systems that enhance the ability of the government to deliver high quality services to people.

Results as of 2011

To prevent, halt and begin to reverse the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS in Zambia UNDP has disbursed US$ 61,668,027 which has:

• Contributed to putting 344,407 people on antiretroviral treatment (ART);

• Supported the provision of medical supplies to 498 ARV sites;  

• Supported the National Blood bank with infection prevention measures through the provision of health supplies.

To scale up the equitable and sustainable intervention for Malaria prevention and control in Zambia UNDP has disbursed US$ 4,993,830 which has:

• Procured 2,100,000 Rapid Diagnostics Tests (RDTs) to augment the national target of 7,290,450;

• Procured 2,70,212 Artemisin - based Combination Therapy (ACTs) of the national target of 6,400,000;

• Supported the distribution of 436,578 Insecticide Treatment Nets (ITNs) of the 3.532,000 distributed in the country.  

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