ASHENEWS reports that the Global Fund has provided $933,156,931 grant for interventions against the 3 diseases in the next 3 years in Nigeria.
The Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate, who was part of the launching ceremony of the Grant Implementation Cycle, disclosed this after the launching ceremony in a tweet on his X handle @muhammadpate on Tuesday.
According to him, the Grant Implementation Cycle – GC7, was approved by the Global Fund to fight Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria in three years.
The Minister added that during the grant period from now till 2026, the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), which he chairs, will increase PMCT services, using the primary health care system, and scale the case notification rate for all forms of TB from where it is and sustain the current success rate beyond the initial target of 90% and enrol 100% of drug resistant TB on appropriate treatment.
On a similar note, the CCM on malaria, will improve access and utilization of vector control interventions and ensure provision of chemo prevention, diagnosis and appropriate treatment for 80% of the target population.
Read the full tweet below:
“It was a great pleasure today to be part of the launching ceremony of the Grant Implementation Cycle – GC7 approved by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria @GlobalFund.
“The GC7 has put forward a total of US$$933,156,931 grant for interventions against the 3 diseases in the next 3 years in Nigeria.
“The Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism, #CCM, which I chair, and its partners, are determined to apply the funds judiciously and transparently, implementing the Compact we signed under the Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative in December of 2023 unveiled by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR @officialABAT.
“As One Team, we will hold ourselves accountable and work to scale services among all the vulnerable populations.
“Specifically, during the grant period from now till 2026, we will increase PMCT services, using the primary health care system. We will also scale the case notification rate for all forms of TB from where it is and sustain the current success rate beyond the initial target of 90% and enrol 100% of drug resistant TB on appropriate treatment.
“On malaria, the goal is to improve access and utilization of vector control interventions and ensure provision of chemo prevention, diagnosis and appropriate treatment for 80% of the target population.
“We thank the Global Fund for collaborating with us to retrain up to 120,000 frontline health workers in the coming periods, as none of this would be possible without adequate well-trained, frontline health workforce.
“We have set a very ambitious target of 95 95 95 by 2025; and we will spend the coming years executing relentlessly on the things that we have committed.
“As a microcosm of the #SWAp, the CCM is committing itself to a robust framework for tracking the resources of governmental and non-governmental actors in a transparent manner.
“Ultimately, we want to ensure value for funds both for our development partners and, particularly, for Nigerians,” the stated in the tweet.
