Deal worth $156m to provide HIV drugs for Africa

17 October 2013

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria has signed a $156 million grant agreement with Zambia that aims to ensure a secure supply of antiretroviral (ARV) medicine to all those receiving HIV treatment.

The new funding will also support work that gets 225,000 more people to start treatment over the next three years. Some 480,000 people in Zambia are enrolled on antiretroviral treatment with Global Fund support.

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