In a ground-breaking approach to procuring tools to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund and partners have established a new framework to systematically organize the purchase of massive amounts of mosquito nets, anti HIV drugs and other useful products that will improve delivery and make significant savings 


In a first step, the Global Fund will sign contracts with 7 manufacturers for the largest-ever bulk purchase of mosquito nets treated with insecticide, with immediate costs savings of USD51.2 million, and projected overall savings of USD140 million for the Global Fund over two years.

The initial contracts, for 90 million mosquito nets, will be part of an overall purchase of 190 million nets by partners in 2014.


The new framework reduces base prices across the board, for all partners, and also reduces bottlenecks and shortages in countries where malaria threatens the lives of millions of children under the age of 5.

By using large-scale purchasing power, the new framework provides tremendous value for money. It is expected to lead to greater savings for all partners, and that can translate into even greater impact against malaria. 


"We can defeat malaria, if we all work together," said Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund. "This kind of collaboration across sectors, between partners and manufacturers, is essential to controlling malaria and sharply reducing the number of children who die from it each year. And it's good business, too."

The new framework emerged from a special partnership launched in May 2013 between the Global Fund, the UK's Department for International Development, the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative and UNICEF, who collectively represent about 87 percent of the purchases of insecticide-treated nets.


Other partners also participated, including the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the office of Raymond G. Chambers, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs and for Malaria.


Christopher Game, Chief Procurement Officer of the Global Fund, is directing a more proactive approach to sourcing and procurement, which accounted for roughly USD2 billion of $3 billion in grant expenditures by the Global Fund last year. 


He said that long-term contracts in the new framework improve visibility, production, capacity planning, and competitive pricing.


The initiative will assist developing countries such as Tanzania, in which in a recent years has shown huge interest of combating HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria across the country.


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