LCM Remains Positive of Malaria Grant Implementation – Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe

Full Text: Remarks by Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe,

Chairman of the Liberia Coordinating Mechanism (LCM) during the opening of PLAN Liberia Malaria Grant start-up workshop Held on August 14, 2018 at Corina Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia

I bring you greetings from the Liberia Coordinating Mechanism (LCM) which is the national multi-sectorial body that is responsible for coordinating and overseeing Global Fund supported programs in Liberia. The Global Fund provides financial support for national efforts at combating three diseases: HIV Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. PLAN international is currently sharing the responsibility for combating Malaria in Liberia with the Ministry of Health as co- principal recipients of Global Fund’s financial support for our collective efforts in combating Malaria in Liberia.

Against this background, we applaud Plan International Liberia for organizing this grant implementation start-up workshop intended for stakeholders to have a broader understanding of PLAN International’s program for implementing the new Malaria grant. The grant is for a period of three years. Its implementation began on July 1, 2018, and ends on June 30, 2021.

The grant is intended to scale up malaria prevention, control and treatment throughout the length and breadth of Liberia. For these objectives, the Global Fund has allocated a little over US$36 million for Malaria interventions in Liberia.

About US$12.9 Million of the approved grant is allocated to programs being implemented by Plan International Liberia. Plan International Liberia under this arrangement will do community interventions aimed at reducing deaths caused by malaria.

Having successfully implemented the former grant which ended June 30, 2018 with an A-1 rating, we have no doubt that this new grant will be implemented, with the highest degree of efficiency by Plan in our collectively efforts to reduce malaria  deaths in Liberia by 50% in the year 2020.

May God bless our collective efforts to reduce deaths caused by Malaria in Liberia.

I thank you.