The Global Fund currently contributes two thirds of all international financing for malaria, supporting 175 malaria-specific programs in 83 countries, with grants totaling US$ 5.3 billion. To date, these Global Fund-supported programs have distributed insecticide-treated mosquito nets to protect 70 million families from malaria.<\/p>\n
In order to maximize benefits the Global Fund has adopted a Voluntary Pooled Procurement mechanism with Population Services International (PSI) chosen to act as the procurement agent for all long-lasting insecticide treated nets obtained through this process.<\/p>\n
In the course of the last year or so more than 40 million mosquito nets have been purchased by PSI, providing efficient, cost-effective distribution to some of the world\u2019s most at-risk communities.<\/p>\n
Uganda is one of the larger Global Fund recipient countries and, as part of a US$ 125 million malaria grant, has recently chosen to procure an initial stock of 7.2 million mosquito nets through the VPP process.<\/p>\n