Abstract:

Objective To strengthen cooperation between China and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in developing multilateral malaria control projects. Methods Data of China malaria cases imported from other countries were extracted from recent literatures. The 2017-2019 funding cycle data of the Global Fund were downloaded from its website. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22, and geographical mapping was conducted using QGIS 2.18.Results In 2011-2014, the imported malaria cases of China were from 63 countries, of which 38 countries had an average annual export of ≤ 20 cases, 11 countries had 21-40 cases, 9 countries had 41-100 cases and 5 countries （Myanmar, Ghana, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria） had > 100 cases. In the 2017-2019 funding cycle, the Global Fund allocated USD 3.3 billion (exclusive of the catalytic investment) in the malaria field. Among the 67 eligible countries/regions, the main investments went to High-Impact Africa (funds accounting for 55.7%), Western Africa (12.5%), Central Africa (7.8%) and High-Impact Asia (9.9%); the numbers of countries/regions accounting for < 1.0%, 1.0%-1.9%, 2.0%-4.5%, 5.0%-6.0% and > 9.0% of total funds were 36, 16, 11, 2 and 2, respectively. As to the application approach, 37 were through program continuation, 15 through full review and 15 through tailored review. Fifty applications have entered the grant-making stage. Fifty-two (accounting for 85.3% of China’s imported malaria cases in 2011-2014) out of 63 countries that exported malaria to China are eligible for 87.4% of the total malaria fund.Conclusion It is time to start multilateral cooperation between China, the Global Fund, and some selected countries to jointly promote global malaria control and elimination and for personal security against malaria when being out of China, management of imported malaria, and fulfillment of the Belt and Road Initiative of China.

Key words: Global Fund, China, Malaria, Multilateral Cooperation