Amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has signed grant agreements with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for up to US$170 million from 2024-2026 to support people affected by HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria and...
Port Sudan /Geneva — Amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan , the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed grant agreements with the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Nations Development Programme for up to US$170 million from 2024-2026 to support people affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and help build resilient and sustainable systems for health. Both UNICEF and UNDP will be working in close partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health.
The US$118 million grant agreement signed between the Global Fund and UNICEF will ensure the delivery of essential malaria services in Sudan. The grant aims to address the urgent need for malaria rapid diagnostic tests and treatment for the estimated 6.5 million, 6.2 million and 5.8 million malaria cases in Sudan for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 respectively.
The US$33 million grant agreement signed between the Global Fund and UNDP will continue supporting people with HIV and TB with lifesaving services in Sudan. The grant includes the delivery of essential medicines to meet Sudan's current need to provide and maintain HIV treatment for 14,000 people and treat an estimated 44,000 people with TB over three years at public hospitals and primary health centers that remain operational.
"The ongoing conflict has crippled the health system and the needs in the country are urgent and severe," said Mark Edington, Head of Grant Management at the Global Fund."Access to critical health services is limited, and people are dying from lack of access to basic and essential health care and medicines.
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