second tier – the live global tournaments. These will be invite only (aka, invite by qualification) and aim to include a broad variety of players from across the globe, both pro and non-pro players included. The first three of these 2nd tier events will feature $250.000 prize money per tournament.

The winners of these tournaments then advance to the third and final stage – a round-robin online competition split into regional divisions and featuring nothing but the top players in the world. It’ll begin after the HCT World Championship and will end in a big finale at the end of the year.

Further details aren’t known yet – dates, participants, how and where to sign up etc, is still to be determined. Since technically the year isn’t quite done yet,programmes, not as an implementing entity \[[@B5]\].

A three-year Global Fund grant for malaria control in Timor-Leste was signed by the Ministry of Health and the Global Fund in June 2003. This first Global Fund grant, valued at USD 2,876,903, had an overall objective of reducing malaria morbidity and mortality by 30 % by the end of the project \[[@B6]\].

As is standard practice for Global Fund grants, and to facilitate the implementation, the County Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) was formed, and the Principal Recipient (PR) and Sub Recipients (SRs) identified. The Local Funding Agent (LFA) was appointed with the responsibility to supervise and recommend funding disbursement for the programme implementation. The Ministry of Health (MoH) was appointed as PR and the Minister for Health took on the role of CCM chair.