MIN/Sp/AU/CAMH3/6 Malaria Page 9 23% Malaria 67% HIV/AIDS 3% HIV/Tuberculosis 6% Tuberculosis <1% Health System Strengthening Fig 1: GFATM Allocation of funds by disease entity. Source: www.theglobalfund.org The Presidents’ Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a US government project that has committed 1.2 billion US $ to malaria control in 15 high burden countries in Africa. The World Bank Booster Programme has earmarked 500million US $ for phase 1 as at October 2007. The Islamic Development Bank has launched a malaria initiative, committing US $ 20 million to malaria control in 3 countries in 2007. It is estimated that in 2007, about US $ 645 million was spent on malaria in Africa as shown in table 1. Table 1: Analysis of funds available for malaria control in Africa in 2007 Agency Amount % of total UNITAID 16,126,378 2% Global Fund 284, 247,775 30% National 183,752,784 20% Government PMI/USAID 154,306,523 17% World Bank 99,079,739 11% Other 191,853,866 20% TOTAL 645,119,290 Source: Adapted from RBM (2007) Malaria Landscape Report Countries have received technical support from WHO and other RBM partners in proposal development which is a pre-requisite for accessing the funds as well as grant negotiation and implementation support. Status Report on Malaria in Africa 2008