Lanka gets Rs. 4100m for TB control

Nadira Gunatilleke

COLOMBO: The Global Fund for Anti Tuberculosis and Malariya (GFATM) will grant Sri Lanka Rs. 4100 million for Sri Lanka's, Tuberculosis (TB) control programme on a request by Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, a Ministry spokesman said.

De Silva had explained the importance of controlling TB effectively during the World Health Ministers' Forum in Geneva. Responding to the minister's request, GFATM agreed to fund Sri Lanka's TB control programme.

Sri Lanka's TB control programme is in progress in six phases and funds will be utilised for the programme's sixth phase. Sri Lanka already has an effective TB control programme and this grant will strengthen the programme.