Billions of dollars are available worldwide for controlling infectious diseases that kill several million people each year. Founded in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing institution which has committed US-Dollar 18.7 billion in 140 countries.

This funding offers developing countries the opportunity to significantly improve their health services. However, many of the countries affected lack the expertise and structures needed to submit viable project proposals and put the money acquired to effective use. This is where the German BACKUP Initiative offers assistance. Since 2002, this programme has been supporting numerous countries in accessing and implementing Global Fund grants. BACKUP is an acronym which means Building Alliances, Creating Knowledge and Updating Partners.

The German BACKUP Initiative is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-operates worldwide with government institutions, civil society and United Nations organizations.

• German BACKUP Initiative factsheet
  A snapshot of the German BACKUP Initiative's work presented in brief, informative texts with project examples (December 2009).
  gtz2009-en-backup-factsheet.pdf, 0,30 MB (English)
  gtz2009-de-backup-factsheet.pdf, 0,30 MB (German)
• BACKUP interventions and partners
  This document provides an update of interventions supported by the German BACKUP Initiative (Novemer 2009).
  gtz2009-en-backup-interventions.pdf, 0,09 MB (English)
• BACKUP fund allocation
  This document contains the following charts: allocation of funds per mode of cooperation, per region and per areas of technical assistance for bilateral cooperation (October 2009).
  gtz2009-en-backup-charts.pdf, 0,07 MB (English)