Ladies and gentlemen, let me get into some specifics about the results of the joint work with the Global Fund on estimating the anticipated demand for international funding between 2014 and 2016 in 118 countries eligible to receive financing from the Global Fund.
WTBD press briefing* at the UN Palais, 18 March 2013
by Mario Raviglione, Director Stop TB Department
World Health Organization
⢠Ladies and gentlemen, let me get into some specifics about the results of the joint work with the Global Fund on estimating the anticipated demand for international funding between 2014 and 2016 in 118 countries eligible to receive financing from the Global Fund.
⢠Given the upcoming GF pre-replenishment conference in April aiming at raising the necessary resources for the global fight against HIV, TB and Malaria, we estimated the total funding needs, the amount of domestic resources that could be mobilized and the anticipated demand for international funding to close remaining gaps.
⢠We estimate that about 4.8 Billion US$ is required every year for proper TB care and control efforts. If we assume that countries will continue to increase, to their ability, their domestic investments, we are left with an anticipated demand for international funding of 1.6 Billion US$ per year.
⢠Of this gap for international funding, 900 Million US$ (almost 60%) is for African countries, that include most of the worldâs low-income countries.
⢠The two areas with the greatest need of increased investment are (1) MDR-TB treatment, with 1.3 Billion US$ needed per year, and (2) the expansion of new rapid diagnostic and associated laboratory strengthening, with 600 Million US$ per year.
⢠Of course, the largest investment remains that of the core essential elements of good TB care and control, that also prevent MDR-TB from emerging, that amount to 2.6 Billion US$ per year.
⢠If we collectively succeed in mobilizing all the necessary resources, domestically and internationally, and fill all the gaps, then 17 Million people will be treated between 2014 and 2016, thus saving 6 Million lives.
* published with permission