A press statement issued from the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) by Secretary Praveen Mishra, who is also chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of The Global Fund, said the support--US$50,047,244 (approx Rs 3.56 billion)--will cover the national [financing] gap from 2010-2015 in the respective disease responses.[break]
The international financing institution that supports large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in around 140 countries decided to disburse the support as per an appeal made by Nepal in 2009.
The tuberculosis component of the grant will be US$ 32.56 million with the National Tuberculosis Center the principal recipient, while the malaria component will be managed by the Population Service International (PSI) in close co-ordination with the Department of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease, according to the press statement.
The tuberculosis support will help increase the case detection rate to 82 percent nationally and at least 70 percent in all districts by 2015, and achieve and maintain the treatment success rates of 90 percent nationally and minimum of 85 percent in all districts by 2015.
The bulk of the fund under the malaria grant, on the other hand, will be used for the procurement of long lasting injecting nets to prevent malaria while the rest of the malaria component will be utilized for generating a preventive and supportive environment against malaria.
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