The Global Fund (GF) to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created in 2002 to raise, manage and invest the world’s money to respond to three of the deadliest infectious diseases the world has ever known. The mission of the Global Fund is to invest the world’s money to defeat these three diseases.The idea for the Global Fund arose from a wellspring of grass-roots political advocacy coming face-to-face with the imperatives of global leadership.
AIDS, TB and malaria are all preventable and treatable – but solving this problem requires the commitment not only of world leaders and decision-makers but also of those working on the ground to help the men, women and children living with these diseases. The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics.
As an international organization, the Global Fund mobilizes and invests more than US$4 billion a year to support programs run by local experts in more than 100 countries. In partnership with governments, civil society, technical agencies, the private sector and people affected by the diseases, we are challenging barriers and embracing innovation. Tanzania is one of the country who have been supported by the Global funds funding, under the ministry of Finance as Principal Recipient 1 and on the behalf of the Tanzania Government will received the funds and implement as agreement with the Global fund mission During implementation it was seen best to involve privet sectors to contribute effort of the government ( Amref Health African was chosen to be Principal Recipient 2 for the period of 2018 to 2020) with a mission of achieving a goal of “To increase coverage of HIV and AIDS services in the general and sub-populations to meet 90,90,90 by 2020 and to reduce the tuberculosis epidemic and burden by 20% in incidence rate and 35% in deaths by 2020”;
Amref is working with 4 Sub Recipients working in different models ( THPS , BMF, TAYOA and MDH) .Management and Development for Health (MDH) works in close collaboration with Ministry of Health to implement TB at community level activities in 8 mainland regions with 64 council districts since May 2018 with financial and technical support from Amref Health Africa. Currently MDH is supporting community TB model in all eight regions (Dodoma, Mara, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Kagera, Tanga, Mbeya, and Ruvuma).