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Global Fund gives Burkina Faso over 100 mln euros to fight AIDS, malaria

Xinhua, April 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Global Fund Africa on Thursday promised to support Burkina Faso's fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria with a grant of 117 million euros until 2017.

An official of Global Fund Africa, Caty Fall, who was speaking in Ouagadougou after holding talks with Burkina Faso Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba, said the funds will also go towards reinforcing Burkinabe health system within the period 2015-2017.

She said talks also centered on investments and allocations covering the period 2018-2020.

"We also discussed the priorities of the new government, one of which is to reinforce human capital," she concluded.

Burkina Faso which recently ended a 13-month transition period, is confronted with a budget deficit, the new authorities revealed recently. Endit