"The meeting of the Global Fund council is organized to discuss developmental strategies, governance, and funding commitment, among others. Mark Dybul, the executive director of the Global Fund will also be part of the meeting," Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health of the Ministry of Health Tjandra Yoga Aditama stated here on Friday.
The meeting in Jakarta will be the second international meeting of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) in the Asian continent.
The Global Fund, which has its headquarters in Geneva and specializes in fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, had previously met in Colombo in July 2013.
"As per the plans, the meeting will be held on March 6 and 7, but the actual activities related to the meeting will commence on March 3," he noted.
Chairman of the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism for Indonesia Untung Suseno Sutarjo remarked that the institution has generated huge amounts of funds to deal with Tuberculosis, Malaria, and AIDS.
He emphasized that the focus has been laid on the three diseases as they are considered the most influential on the lives of people.
The meeting in Jakarta, which will be led by Chairperson of the Global Fund council Nafsiah Mboi, who is also the countrys minister of health, will discuss matters related to who will be the recipient of the aid, apart from improvising the system to better handle the spread of the diseases, he added.
He noted that basically, the Global Fund will only play the role of a donor institution and will not act as an implementing agency, as it has no single representative in any country, while the funding is coordinated by the countrys Coordinating Mechanism.
He however explained that the Global Fund defines targets that must be achieved by the parties in order to receive ongoing funding to carry out programs to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in a country.
The Global Fund has committed more than US$600 million in Indonesia, comprising around US$236 million for fighting AIDS from 2002 to 2014, around US$242 million for fighting Tuberculosis, and around US$197 million for fighting Malaria.
Meanwhile, around US$16 million has been set aside for the establishment of Health Strengthening System.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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