The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved US$3.47 million in emergency funding to deliver essential tuberculosis (TB) and malaria diagnostics and medicines to eight Sudanese states severely affected by the ongoing conflict, the Fund said in a release from Geneva on October 23. Yaani: US$3.47 million is about 34.7 lakh dollars.

Source: The Global Fund

The new funds will procure diagnostic tools and medicines for people with malaria and TB in Darfur and Kordofan, among the regions most affected by conflict and violence, including first- and second-line medicines for drug-resistant TB, laboratory equipment including 20 portable near-point-of-care testing machines for TB, and rapid diagnostic tests and medicines for malaria, the Fund said. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will serve as the implementing partner.

US$3.47mnew emergency funding — yaani about 34.7 lakh dollars — for eight Sudanese states — The Global Fund
8.8mpeople displaced in Sudan — yaani 88 lakh — the world's largest displaced population — The Global Fund
20portable near-point-of-care TB testing machines included — The Global Fund

The funding builds on US$1.6 million allocated through the Fund's Emergency Fund in March 2026 — yaani about 16 lakh dollars — which supported TB diagnosis and treatment for internally displaced people and host communities across 10 states, the Fund said. UNDP's implementing role in that earlier Sudan TB funding, working with the Federal Ministry of Health's National TB Programme and local organisations, was also reported by Breaking Africa News.

Key facts

US$3.47 million (about 34.7 lakh dollars) for TB and malaria diagnostics and medicines in eight states, focused on Darfur and Kordofan, implemented by UNDP — building on US$1.6 million (about 16 lakh dollars) allocated in March 2026, the Global Fund said.

Sudan's crisis remains one of the largest humanitarian emergencies in the world. Since armed conflict erupted in April 2023, Sudan has become the country with the largest internally displaced population in the world, with approximately 8.8 million people currently displaced — yaani 88 lakh — and hundreds of health facilities destroyed, forced to close or rendered inaccessible, leaving millions without reliable access to essential health services, the Fund said.

Against that backdrop, disruptions to diagnosis and treatment can have devastating consequences, the Fund said: TB requires continuous treatment, while untreated malaria can rapidly become life-threatening, particularly for pregnant women and children.

What is solid

  • The Global Fund approved US$3.47 million on October 23 for TB and malaria diagnostics and medicines in eight Sudanese states, with UNDP as implementing partner — The Global Fund
  • Sudan has about 8.8 million displaced people and hundreds of health facilities destroyed, closed or inaccessible — The Global Fund

What is only claimed

  • How quickly the funded supplies reach patients in Darfur and Kordofan is not yet known — the release announces the approval and procurement plan, not delivery