By 2013, the country was selected by the GF to pilot a new funding model, making it the only country in Latin America to be chosen to implement a response to HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

This agreement was made possible thanks to the good practices and strategic actions that have been promoted in the country for more than 40 years with the support of civil society, governments and technical and financial assistance from international partners such as the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

This year the Global Fund announces a new grant period that has started this year 2022 until 2024, expecting to impact more than 121,886 people in prevention issues and more than 61,042 people with testing during the three years of work.

Given the good results of the previous grant, the GF has decided to promote this period: "Strengthening the National Response to HIV and TB with a focus on key populations and aligned with international indicators 2022-2024", through which it will continue to serve vulnerable populations.

The main recipients of the funds will be Plan International El Salvador and MINSAL; Plan will execute 67% of the funds and the sub-recipients will execute 33% for the articulated work as civil society. MINSAL will implement 100% of the grant.

The financial support to Plan International will be US$8,690,859 of which US$1,021,002 will be executed under a new component for COVID-19, focusing efforts on the development of a communication strategy on the risks of this virus for key and vulnerable populations.

The strategies and actions of this new period will be implemented throughout the national territory, through the coverage of the Ministry of Health and other partners. However, it has been considered to follow national actions and the prioritization of seven departments, which are: San Salvador, La Libertad, Sonsonate, Santa Ana, Ahuachapán San Miguel and La Paz.

According to MINSAL data, in 2020 there were 2042 cases of tuberculosis.

Of this number, 51 were children under 10 years of age and 123 cases of people with HIV/TB.

Likewise, from 1984 to 2020, 38,345 cases of HIV were registered, of which 38.69% are in the advanced stage of HIV or AIDS. Regarding malaria, El Salvador was certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021 as a country free of this disease and the first in the Central American region.