Macedonia has a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS and registered the lowest number of cases in the North Eastern European region after Kosovo. The first HIV case was registered in 1989 and as of 2010 there were 129 total cases, of which 97 had AIDS. Nearly half of all cases were reported from 2003 to 2009. For tuberculosis, cases have been decreasing from 37.7 per 100,000 people in 2002 to 23.8 in 2008. The mortality rate is below 2% and in 2009 there were 473 total TB cases, most of which were new cases. The Global Fund has approved several grants for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programs in Macedonia totaling over $15 million.