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Global Fund Initiative has announced reduction of support to Rwanda citing world economic instability. Rwanda health care services are likely to lose 40% of the donations in case the decision comes to pass.
In a press briefing at the end of last week, Dr Muhayimpundu Ribakare, the head of HIV and STI’s care and treatment unit at the RBC, said that reduction or suspension of the aid will destabilize policies the country has crafted to promote and provide health services.
“It’s true that the aid may be reduced. However, we will not stop programs they have been supporting. We will generate few projects depending on available funds. For instance, in the anti HIV/AIDS program, we will concentrate efforts on preventing new infections,” said Muhayimpundu.
“If we have been spending money on signposts, the system will be changed to adopt easy measures to attain our objectives,” he added.
Global Fund Initiative is a key partner which has been collaborating with the Rwandan Ministry of Health for ten years. Within this period of partnership it has provided Rwf 620 million support in health care services.
The reduction will also affect Performance-Based Financing, a motivational payment to high-fly performers in the ministry.
The decision will have a wide impact as donors’ aid has been funding 55% of the health sector. This is reflected in the 2014 MINISANTE budget of Rwf 673 billion of which 55% was derived from donor funding.
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