Three Diseases Fund

The Three Diseases Fund (3DF) aims to reduce the burden of communicable disease mortality and morbidity for tuberculosis, malaria and HIV and AIDS in Burma/Myanmar. Supported by Australia, the European Commission (EC), the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK), the 3DF pledged US$100 million-fluctuation of the US dollar against other currencies has theoretically increased this amount to 106 million- over 5 years with 60% for HIV and AIDS, 20 % for TB and 20% for malaria.

Annual Review Meeting of the Three Diseases Fund
1-2 April 2008, Yangon

Objective
The first annual review of the Three Diseases Fund (3DF) has taken place on 1-2 April 2008 in Yangon. This annual review was the opportunity to review the fund’s performance, achievements to date and lessons learned.

Presentations
The red/brown links below show the presentations given at the review meeting (in Acrobat Reader).

Themes
Contribution to the overall national response and disease-specific key results.

Managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the Three Diseases Fund is expected to comply with public procurement principles, rules and regulations. All grant recipients are responsible for ensuring that procurement activities undertaken with 3DF funds comply with the principle of best value for money.

In 2007, for the first year of operations, the Fund granted total US$21,287,667.00 million in 34 (+1) specific agreements with 23 implementing partners drawn from UN agencies and International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs) working with local community-based and non-governmental organizations and professional associations to deliver and scale up provision of health services to address the three diseases.

With a grant from the Three Diseases Fund the Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud provides HIV prevention, comprehensive care and treatment and psychosocial support for 1000 people in 41 townships in Yangon Division and Mon State, Ayeyarwaddy and Mandalay Divisions. Picture: AFXB advocating for a HIV free generation in its Market Place in the Annual Review meeting on 1-2 April 2008 in Yangon.

The Consortium is comprised of four partners with complementary expertise: Save the Children UK specialises in behaviour change programmes for high risk youth; CARE Myanmar has invested in building capacity and networks with populations most at risk of HIV and AIDS; Marie Stopes International trained doctors, nurses and outreach workers in reproductive health services with expertise in treatment of STI and a full package of Voluntary and Confidential Counselling and Testing; the Myanmar Nurses and Midwives Association provides treatment of opportunistic infections to bedridden chronically and

The Fund Management office is located at No. 137/1 Than Lwin Road, Kamayut township, in Yangon, Myanmar.

Tel: +95-1-534498, 504832, 537715, 537238, 537646 (if you know the extension number, dial it directly); fax: 504832 (ask the operator); communication officer's mobile phone: +95-9-5183525

Email: info@3dfund.org

The Three Diseases Fund supports through WHO the Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) for activities aiming at enhancing quality diagnosis and standard treatment of malaria in 150 clinics in 39 townships. Picture: Market Place of MMA at the Annual Review meeting on 1-2 April 2008 in Yangon.

Myanmar has the highest malaria burden in Southeast Asia with 29.14 % of a population of 56 million at high risk and 23.75 % at moderate risk, this among seasonal migrants, farmers, miners, forest workers in coastal areas and forest hills. In residential areas, children and pregnant women are the most vulnerable groups. Picture: WHO malaria component show cased in the Market Place of the Annual Review Meeting on 1-2 April 2008, in Yangon.

The Technical Strategic Groups are responsible for policy and strategy development and are composed of representatives from the disease control programmes (Ministry of Health), UN agencies and NGOs. WHO provides the secretariat of the TSGs for TB and malaria; and UNAIDS the secretariat for HIV and AIDS. Picture: Dr Saw Lwin, Director Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and chairperson of the Technical Strategic Groups for each of the three diseases, presenting his work at the Annual Review meeting of the Three Diseases Fund.