Global Fund Round 7. India to receive U$ 88,173,118

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GF Round 7. India to receive U$88,173,118

(AIeF) Today, during the first day of its fourteenth board meeting

held in Kunming, China, the Global Fund board approved U$$88,173,118

for National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) proposal

for " Strengthening human and institutional capacities of the National

Health System to enable accelerated implementation of the National

AIDS Control Program " .

This funding would enable NACO to train 90,000 Nurses (through 55

institutions) and, 12,000 counsellors (through 40 institutes). The program would

also target 121 districts, and employ 5300 link workers, covering 12100

villages and 121 million people.

The Global Fund approved the NACO proposal provisionally, subject to

the required clarifications being provided within a limited timeframe

(6 weeks for the applicant to provide an initial detailed response to

the TRP queries, and a further 3 months to obtain the final TRP

approval should further clarifications be requested). The primary

reviewer and secondary reviewer as well as TRP Chair and /or Vice-

Chair need to give final approval of the proposal.

The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

is holding its 16th meeting from 12-13 November in Kunming, China.

At this meeting, the Board will make a number of important decisions

for the future direction of the Global Fund and the fight against the

three diseases, including the approval of a seventh round of grant

funding ( " Round 7 " ).

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/about/board/sixteenth/