Global Fund to Fight AIDS to allocate $5 Mln to Morocco

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will allocate US $5 million to Morocco to finance programs related to HIV/AIDS, reported PANA.

Morocco will be among a group of African countries that will receive a total of US $30 million, as part of a renewed funding worth up to US$119 million approved Tuesday by the Fund, said the same source.

Ghana will have the lion's share with US $12.5 millions, while Rwanda will receive US $6.2 millions, Burundi US $3.8 millions, Madagascar US $3 millions and Benin US $584.000. Tanzania and Zanzibar will have US $400.000 each.

The Global Fund affirmed that one of its key operating principles is that it only funds programs that successfully contribute to the treatment and/or prevention of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It noted that all grant agreements include performance indicators and targets agreed upon by both the Principal Recipient and the Global Fund for the measurement of program success.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria granted in the latest years over 300 subsidies to 127 countries, totalling US $3.1 billions.