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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government will submit a proposal for the eighth tranche of funds from the Global Fund to control AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, a health ministry official said.

"The proposal for funding for the next five years will be sent to the Technical Review Panel on June 19 for evaluation," director general for disease control and environmental health at the Health Ministry I Nyoman Kandun said here Tuesday.

The total amount of funds Indonesia would request in its proposal for AIDS, TB and malaria control was US$200 million, he said.

"The proposal is for the provision of grants, not loans," he said after the launching of an ASEAN+3 website on infectious diseases, www.ASEANplus3-eid.info.

He admitted the Fund`s decision to suspend its aid to Indonesia in April 2007 for suspected misapppropriation of its aid could affect the Fund`s evaluation of Indonesia`s new proposal.

However, the government had improved the management of the funds. "Our performance has improved and they are expected to restore the funding," he said.

Also, in August 2007, the Fund again provided Indonesia with Rp2 trillion in funds to control AIDS, TB and malaria, he noted.

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