“... Kenya is a beneficiary and currently receives the 7th largest
Global Fund portfolio globally ...
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“ To defeat these diseases and end them as public health threats , we must invest more .”
The donation by the government is part of the concept of ‘ giving to receive ’ in which countries that benefit from the global fund also make contributions . Kenya is expected to receive more than Sh 34 billion from the Global Fund in the next three years .
The donation has placed Kenya as seventh largest donor on the Global Fund portfolio , as pledge set towards combating the three diseases by 2030 .
Kenya has in the last three years contributed Sh 200 million ($ 2 million ) to the Global Fund . The country has also invested more than Sh 5.4 billion ($ 54 million ) in the last two financial years as its contribution and counter fund to the Global Fund and other partners ’ investment in AIDS , TB and Malaria interventions .
Mr Kenyatta said a global commitment could result in averting 28 million new HIV infections and 21 million AIDS related deaths .
The government has enrolled 950,000 people living with HIV in an anti-retroviral treatment plan , the second largest in Africa after South Africa .
Efforts to fight TB have also seen the number of new infections drop from 120,000 to 80,000 in the last two years .
This has averted over 500,000 deaths and placed Kenya as global leader in TB control .
In the case of Malaria , Government funding supported by the Global Fund has enabled scaled-up intervention to reduce the burden .
Last year , government invested Sh7.8 billion in provision of 13 million nets to households across the country at a cost of Sh 600 per net , curbing new malaria infections .
Other countries from Africa that made contributions included South Africa which also pledged Sh 500 million and Namibia which contributed Sh 150 million , among others .
The Pledging target was $ 13 billion . The total contributions by all countries and other donors will be announced on Saturday afternoon . The European Commission , US , France , Canada , and Netherlands are among the largest contributors .
“... Kenya is a beneficiary and currently receives the 7th largest
Global Fund portfolio globally ...
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed during the Global Fund Replenishment Conference
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