India CCM for GFATM Call for porposals for Round 8 of funding

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The India Country Coordination Mechanism (India CCM) for the Global fund to

fight AIDS, TB and Malaria issued the call for proposals today from civil

society and private sector organizations interested in participating in the

preparation of the country proposal to the Global Fund Round 8.

The details of the call for proposals and the proposal template can be found at

the followig locations:

India CCM Web Site: http://www.indiaccm.org/

NGO Gateway: http://www.ngogateway.org: 9080/unaids/handle/1/475

" A subcommittee of the CCM held consultations and meetings to finalize the scope

of the proposal for each of the three diseases components i.e., Malaria,

Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which civil society organizations and private sector

organizations have to adhere to. Other topics can be considered for the proposal

but are not currently included in the priorities identified by the CCM.

Malaria

The National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (NVBDCP) will

prepare a proposal to expand the reach of the malaria control programme.

Private sector and civil society organizations wishing to provide

support in states with high malaria prevalence in the following issues may

submit proposals for inclusion in the malaria component of the comprehensive

country proposal:

• Advocacy, social mobilization, education, training, etc.

• Supply chain for insecticide impregnated bed nets, reimpregnation

kits, social marketing of nets, etc.

• Diagnosis and care for malaria in the field

• Support for monitoring and evaluation

• Innovation in software and data handling

Tuberculosis

The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has

indicated that the government does not require funding from the Global Fund.

However, to expand the reach, coverage and success rate of the national

programme, the CCM is inviting proposals from civil society and private sector

organizations in the following areas:

• advocacy,

• mobilization of decentralized authorities,

• social mobilization,

• stigma reduction

• DOTS expansion in under-served states

HIV and AIDS

The CCM has decided that the HIV / AIDS component of the country

proposal would have several sub-components and hence the call for

proposals has four components:

• Prevention of injecting drug use (IDU) and harm reduction among

IDU

Proposals are sought from civil society and private sector organizations for the

rapid upscale of programmes to prevent injecting drug use and prevent HIV

transmission among IDU through effective harm reduction.

• Support to males who have sex with males for prevention of HIV

transmission

Proposals should concentrate on comprehensive services for the MSM

community, including social support, mental health, family counselling, safe

meeting places, support to community organizations, etc. Civil society and

private sector organizations should not address prevention through targeted

interventions, for which Government funds are already available. Proposals

addressing the specific needs of the transgender community are welcome.

• Prevention of HIV transmission among informal and migrant workers

Proposals from civil society and private sector organizations should

concentrate on prevention in and around the work place, both in urban

and rural settings. Proposals including representatives of workers and

corporations will be welcome.

• Strengthening health systems in Northern States to improve MCH and

STI/HIV services

Proposals from private sector organizations (for or not for profit)

should address the need for integrated primary care services, including in

particular reproductive and sexual health ( especially for people living with

HIV), mother and child care and HIV services in Northern states where government

services only reach a minority of the population.

Presentation of proposals

The CCM requests concept notes , as per the attached template.

Proposals from civil society and private sector organizations submitted only as

per this template will be taken into consideration.

The template aims at providing the CCM with all the information about

the submitting organization, including its size, capacity for

implementation, areas of work, competence, partnerships and previous

performance.

The CCM will evaluate all proposals and decide on the overall

architecture and partners for each of the three diseases. It will

discuss with the selected civil society and private sector organizations for the

finalization of India 's comprehensive proposal consisting of the three disease

components, including the choice of Principal Recipient(s) for each of the three

disease components and their sub-components.

The CCM will finalize the Comprehensive Country Proposal of India, with input

from all stakeholders and in cooperation with the agreed Principal Recipients

and their sub-recipients.

Kindly send your proposals by April 20, 2008. The proposals can be sent by email

to proposalsround8@...

or by mail at the following address:

Secretariat of the India-CCM,

c/o UNAIDS, A2/35 Safdarjung Enclave,

New Delhi 110029

(Source: http://www.indiaccm.org/ accessed 16 March, 2008)

Ranjan Dwivedi

Technical Advisor, UNAIDS

A2/35 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India-110029

Tel :+91-11-41354545

Fax :+91-11-41354534

e-mail: dwivedir@..., dwivedir@..., www.unaids.org.in