The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (often called The Global Fund or GFATM), established in 2002, is an international financing organization that has financed three fourths of the funding for global anti-malaria activities. Particularly in Vietnam, the Vietnam Global Fund Malaria Project (VGFMalaria) Round 3 (2005-2008) had been implemeted at 23 severely-hit provinces of malaria and VGFMalaria Round 7 (2009-2013) has been carried outat 29 provinces including 23 provinces of Round 3 and 6 new provinces.
According to the statistical report, after a period of the project implementation, there has been some decrease of 59.9% in malaria cases, 29.5% in malaria parasites, 38.1% in malaria deaths; the capacity of medical staff at all levels for malaria control has been enhanced; equipments, supplies, anti-malarial drugs and means of transport have been completely supported, helping all health facilities to carry out the project effectively.
Besides, a mass of activities in dealing with health communication and education against malaria has been frequently conducted in various forms, which helps to improve the people's understanding of malaria and preventive measures as well as to implement these measures better, thereby significantly contributing in the maintenance of achieved results and stability of the National Target Programme of Malaria Control in Vietnam.