Global Fund battling deadly diseases in Thailand

In Thailand, the Global Fund has pledged to provide more than US$500 million (1.55 billion baht) worth of grants over the next five years, focusing on vulnerable population groups.

Christoph Benn, the Global Fund’s director for resource mobilisation and donor relations division, said the vulnerable population targets are migrant workers who are in the country illegally, particularly in the fishing industry, gay men and injecting drug users.