THE INDIA-COUNTRY COORDINATING MECHANISM (INDIA CCM) FOR THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS & MALARIA (GFATM) CALLS FOR PROPOSALS FOR ROUND EIGHT OF FUNDING

 

The India - Country Coordination Mechanism is calling for proposals from civil society organizations and private sector organizations interested in participating in the preparation of the country proposal to the Global Fund (Round 8). The CCM intends to submit a proposal with three components, one for malaria, one for tuberculosis and one for HIV/AIDS. The details along with the proposal template can be accessed at the India CCM Website:

http://www.indiaccm.org/  or at the 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 namely, Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV, 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, and the like,
• Supply chain for insecticide impregnated bed nets, re-impregnation kits, social marketing of nets, and so on,
• 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 or 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, and the like. 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, as well as 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 template provided at

http://www.indiaccm.org/Proposal%20template%20round%208.doc for Ms Word format and

http://www.indiaccm.org/Proposal%20template%20round%208.pdf for PDF.

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 17 March 2008