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Kathmandu Friday March 01, 2002 Falgun 17, 2058.
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Ways to control malaria
discussed
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: A board meeting to update all
partners in malaria control on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
(GFATM) and Roll Back Malaria Initiative (RBMI) in Nepal was held today at the Department
of Health Services training centre in Teku, today.
The objective of the meet was to strengthen
malaria control programme through improved health system management and partnership, aimed
at reducing the disease burden in the focal point districts. The participants in the
meeting discussed the role and responsibilities of partners in malaria control and
discussed and agreed on the Co-ordinated Country Proposal (CCP) for GFATM from Nepal on
malaria titled "Malaria Control in Nepal Through Health Systems Strengthening and
Partnership".
The meeting focused on the development of the
RBMI Plan of Action, situation and achievements in malaria control as per the
presentations made by Dr S.P Bastola of World Health Organisation. According to his
presentation, it is observed that malaria is now emerging as a developmental and poverty
issue, affecting mostly the poor and those who have little access to health care.
"The purpose of the Global Fund is to
attract, manage and disburse resources through a new public-private foundation," said
Dr Beni Bahadur Karki, chief of the planning division in the Ministry of Health. According
to him, GFATM aims to make a sustainable and significant contribution to the reduction of
infections, illness and death, thereby mitigating the impact caused by HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria in the countries in need.
The foundation was established with a capital
endowment of fifty thousand Swiss Francs and shall be funded from donations from nations,
non-governmental organisations, private foundation individuals and the private sector.
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