Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday said it would resume millions of dollars of AIDS funding to Uganda after the government has agreed to ensure a better management of the money.

The Global Fund has suspended its five grants totaling 367 million US dollars in August after learning of "serious mismanagement" of fund by the Program Management Unit in the Ministry of Health that was set up to administer it.

The Ugandan government then appointed a four-man investigation team to probe alleged mismanagement that led to the suspension from the donor who has provided some 45 million dollars for the east African country over the past two years.

"Over the past two month, the Global Fund has been heartened by the intensive effort of our partners in Uganda," said Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund.

"We are very pleased that the progress made enables us to lift the suspension of Uganda's grants," he said in a statement.

An agreement was signed between the fund's officials and the Ugandan Finance Ministry in Kampala on Thursday, listing a series of measures to ensure "effective, accountable, and transparent implementation of funded programs."

Uganda has often been praised as an Africa's successful example for its fight against the AIDS pandemic, boasting a large reduction of HIV infection rates from the previous 30 percent to nearly 7 percent today.

Source: Xinhua