Global Fund provides new grant for Indonesia to fight HIV

Indonesia and the Global Fund on Wednesday signed new grant agreements amounting to over 55 million U.S. dollars to scale up government and civil society's response to HIV. The new grants will be implemented by the Ministry of Health, the National AIDS Commission and Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Muslim religious organization in the country.

The Executive Director of the Global Fund Professor Michel Kazatchkine said that he is pleased with Indonesia's achievement in combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund has committed over 630 million U.S. dollars to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Indonesia.

The organization accounts for 65 percent of total resources in the country to fight against tuberculosis and malaria, and 45 percent of resources to fight against HIV/AIDS.

The Global Fund has become the dominant financier of programs to fight against the three diseases with approved funding of 19.4 billion U.S. dollars for more than 600 programs in 145 countries.

Source: Xinhua