Globla Fund Team meeting in Mumbai

February 28, 2003

Dear Friend,

You are probably aware that India is the recipient in the second

round of grants from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

Malaria - a sum of US$ 26,116,000 for 2 years for the Project

titled " Expansion of effective public and private sector

interventions in HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria prevention " and US$

12,760,000 million for 2 years for the TB component of the Project.

This was based on a reapplication seeking to scale up Prevention of

Mother to Child Transmission, implement a comprehensive care package

for HIV infected mothers, their infants and partners, and enhance

access to Antiretroviral treatment through public-private

partnerships.

I am delighted to inform you that The GF team led by Prof.

Feachem will be in India and we are organising a meeting of NGOs with

the team at the Conference Hall of the Tata Institute of Social

Sciences, Mumbai, on March 3, 03 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm. Prof Feacham

will be happy to update us on the Fund and respond to any questions

that we may wish to ask.

Prof. Feachem is the Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight

AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria and will be accompanied by Purnima Mane,

Chief Fund Portfolio Director and Director, South Asia, Middle East,

and North Africa, Anil Soni, Adviser to the Executive Director, and

Bobby , Director of Massive Effort Campaign, Mobilizing Society

Against AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Prior to his position at the Global Fund, Dr. Feachem was founding

Director of the Institute for Global Health in San Francisco, and

Professor of International Health at the University of California,

San Francisco and Berkeley. He is also a Visiting Professor at London

University. From 1995 until 1999, Dr. Feachem was Director for

Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank. Previously, he

was Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

I look forward to meeting you in Mumbai at TISS. I am sorry that we

have no funds for your travel. We will provide you with high tea at

the meeting!

With best regards,

Yours sincerely,

Vimla Nadkarni

R.S.V.P.

Dr. Vimla Nadkarni (vimla@...)

Cross posted from AIDSFORUM Mumbai

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