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Ten years of Global Fund in Rwanda

ON February 11, the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Health signed an agreement with Global Fund, an international financing organisation that aims to attract and disburse resources to prevent and treat HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Under this partnership, Rwanda received a grant of $204m for the National strategic plan for HIV/Aids. The same day marked a 10-year successful partnership between the Rwandan government and Global Fund, a partnership that has seen Rwanda achieve major milestones in improving health care and reducing lives lost through Malaria, TB and HIV. Over the 10-year period, various funding models have been employed, but at the beginning of 2009, Global Fund shifted to funding strategic plan budgets and aligning grants to Rwanda’s annual fiscal year budget.
The New Times
Collins Mwai