LILONGWE (Maravipost)–Malawi’s Minister of Health, Jean Kalirani has disclosed that the government of Malawi has received assurance from the Global Fund for a grant of US$574 million to fight against HIV and Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
Speaking on arrival from Geneva, Switzerland where she led a delegation from Malawi to discuss possible ways of funding her country’s program, describing the meeting she had with the Global Fund team as â friendly and successful one.
“We went to inform the Global Fund team about the additional safeguards and risk mitigation measures that will be undertaken to restore confidence in the country’s financial management and oversight,” she said.
Kalirani said her delegation also updated the team on the country’s performance improvement plans in which they were satisfied and have since pledged to give the funds.
She added that the Malawi government has also committed almost US$30 million towards national response to fight the three diseases.
Kalirani however refuted allegations that the Malawi team went to discuss the National Aids Commission (NAC) funds which were controversially given to the country’s First Lady Getrude Mutharika’s institution, ‘Beautify Malawi’ and a cultural group, ‘Mulhakho wa Alhomwe’ in which President Peter Mutharika is the patron.
