Thai Foundation Partners with Global Fund to Eliminate Drug-Resistant Malaria in Greater Mekong
The Dhanin Tawee Chearavanont Foundation today became the first private sector partner to support the Global Fund’s largest regional initiative to eliminate drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong.
With a contribution of US$2 million over two years, the Thai-based private family foundation will support the Global Fund’s Regional Artemisinin resistance Initiative (RAI). RAI was launched in 2014 to counter the growing threat of drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam with the aim of eliminating the most dangerous strain of the disease by 2025. The contribution will increase the detection of malaria cases and surveillance of hard-to-reach, mobile and migrant populations living along the Thai border.
