The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced approval of 45 new, two-year grants involving 37 countries, totaling US$419.2 million, to “fund essential prevention, treatment, and care services provided to the people affected by the three diseases.” The Global Fund noted that “another 11 proposals worth a total of US$ 91.2 million were sent back for revision, and are subject to a further independent technical review before they can be approved.” The new grants are part of the Global Fund’s new Transitional Funding Mechanism. established in November 2011 “on an exceptional basis to ensure that essential programs are not disrupted, at a time when there was uncertainty on the availability of resources. The approved funding will bridge the financing of essential interventions until the next opportunity to apply for grants.”

List pf grants:

Funding Decisions (http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/fundingdecisions/)

Full media release:

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2012-08-28_Global_Fund_Approves_USD_419_Million_in_New_Grants_to_Finance_Essential_Services/