847 million USD for the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

Global Fund to Fight HIV / AIDS, Tuberculosis and United Nations Malaria ((The United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - GFATM) has approved a grant of $ 847 million for 85 projects of 63 countries, half of which are for the fight against HIV / AIDS.

AIDS prevention symbol.Along with tuberculosis and malaria, every year HIV / AIDS kills more than 6 million people globally.(Photo: gurl.com)

Nearly half of the new aid will go to African countries. After that, the rest will go to the region that is increasing the burden of these three diseases: Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin American countries and the Caribbean.

Since its founding in 2002, this is the 6th time that AIDS-Lao-Malaria prevention has been approved by GFATM projects, bringing the total amount of aid to US $ 6.6 billion.

'Millions of people worldwide have been able to use health care and disease prevention services thanks to GFATM grants,' said Richard Feachem, CEO of the Fund.

GFATM is an initiative of the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has implemented more than 460 grants for more than 136 countries

In the next 5 years, GFATM's grants will provide many means of intervention and treatment such as: supporting ARV prophylaxis for 200,000 AIDS patients, effective treatment drugs for nearly 400,000 people suffering from tuberculosis, and providing 11, 5 million pieces of mosquito-impregnated mosquito nets to prevent malaria.

In addition, many new investments will be made in an attempt to treat an outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, with nearly 8,500 TB patients to be treated for more than 5 years.

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