Past activities- capacity building and advocacy
Led by the Regional Coordinator, APN+ coordinated the regional proposal to be submitted to the Global Fund. The proposal includes eight countries in Asia (Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam) and aims to maximize resources to fill the gap of treatment education & needs at the country level as well as strengthen the national PLHIV network. A Country Coordinating Mechanism of seven countries endorsed in this proposal recognize the added value of the proposed activities to the implementation of plans at the country level. In preparation for such a multi-country, large-scale funding proposal, APN+ analysed data on availability, accessibility of treatment, country-level funding for treatment programs and organizational absorption capacity. The proposal was submitted on August 20 and the analysis will be released publicly for further use for programmatic planning and advocacy follow up.
Current and future activities
It was agreed by ITPC and APN+ that the Regional Advisory Committee and Community Review Panel will be merged into one entity, Treatment Working Group. Therefore, the coordinator will work on the TORs for this new group and recruit members to the group as well as seek funding so the group can function. The group will also take over some responsibilities of the current RAC in providing directions to the CF grant mechanism. The Coordinator hopes to roll out the fifth round of the grant-making programme in December.
APN+ will also build on the MSF study on availability of medicine in Southeast Asia and further analyse data on access to treatment services. The aim of producing such a document is to serve as a tool to help activists in the region better understand treatment landscapes. The discussions around developing the advocacy tool on treatment access are underway with partners in the region and no reliable timeline has been set at the moment.
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