The Federal Government has said it missed out on a grant worth $1.6m for the conduct of a survey which was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
These were disclosed in a funding request made by the Federal Ministry of Health to the Global Fund, an international partnership which seeks to end AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria.
The government explained that the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic led to the interruption of anti-malaria services at health facilities due to disruptions in national supply chain management and restriction of movement.
“There were many critical activities whose implementation was found not to be guaranteed following the emergence of the COVID-19, hence the postponement of MIS 2020 to 2021. However, this was not without adverse consequences as the country lost the initial commitment of the Global Fund to support the survey with the sum of $1,600,000.
