“... 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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