AKIPRESS.COM - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria will provide $15 million to Mongolia for the fight against AIDS and tuberculosis in 2024-2026, Montsame reports.

Minister of Health S. Chinzorig has met with Global Fund Country Manager for Mongolia Allan Nfamba to discuss the progress of ongoing projects and the new financing method for the projects to be implemented.

The Minister thanked the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, a major partner in the health sector, for consistent support to Mongolia and close cooperation.

Eight projects were successfully implemented in Mongolia with the financial support of the Fund over the past twenty years. The projects helped to keep the spread of AIDS at a low level in the country, to prevent mother-to-child transmission, to improve tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis, to decentralize tuberculosis care, and to improve its accessibility, noted Health Minister Chingzorig.

The Minister expressed appreciation to the Global Fund for contribution to the implementation of comprehensive programs that support the expansion of health infrastructure, provide necessary drugs, and encourage community-based prevention and treatment approaches.

During the meeting, the sides expressed their views on performance-based funding for the activities and interventions targeted at the risk groups under the AIDS project to be implemented in 2024-2026.

Allan Nfamba, on behalf of the Global Fund, thanked the government of Mongolia for effective cooperation over the past 20 years and pointed out that the investments made in the health sector have been steadily increasing in Mongolia.