Deadline: 2-Sep-20
Did you have to adapt or expand your HIV differentiated service delivery antiretroviral therapy programme due to COVID-19? Did you adapt an HIV differentiated service delivery programme to reach children, adolescents, key populations and for people living with HIV who have co-infections or co-morbidities? Did you adapt a differentiated model of HIV prevention (including PrEP), testing, antiretroviral therapy initiation and/or treatment? Do you support differentiated service delivery outside of sub-Saharan Africa?
If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you may be eligible for a small grant to document and permit the International AIDS Society (IAS) to publicize your differentiated service delivery model adaptation as a global example of best practice.
The IAS promotes and invests in HIV advocacy and research on key issue areas through strategic programmes, initiatives, and campaigns that advocate for urgent action to reduce the global impact of HIV, including increased investment in HIV cure research; optimizing treatment and care for infants, children and adolescents with HIV in resource-limited settings; preventing and treating HIV-related co-infections; and expanding access to prevention, treatment and care for key populations vulnerable to HIV acquisition – such as men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sex workers and transgender people – including protecting their human rights by combating punitive laws and discriminatory policies.
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The IAS is looking to compile and publicize adaptations to HIV service delivery during COVID-19 in order to generate evidence on which adaptations should be sustained following the pandemic.
The purpose of this request for submissions is to gather good practice examples of how programmes have adapted their HIV service delivery models in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- The total budget for proposals should not exceed $5,000 USD
- Period: 14 September to 13 November 2020.
Deliverables
- Small grants of $USD 5,000 will be awarded to local organizations to document, analyze and disseminate best practice examples of differentiated service delivery adaptations as a result of COVID-19. Best practice examples should focus on describing what changed and why this change was put in place, how the change was initiated and implemented, as well as any lessons learned about the impact on the HIV Programme in response to COVID-19 (the model of adaptation).
Submissions
- Outline the specific target population of the model, including:
- Adults, noting the age group (25-34, 35-54, 55-74, 75+)
- People with advanced HIV disease,
- Children and/or adolescents,
- Key populations, and
- People living with HIV who have co-infections and/or co-morbidities,
- Document where across the HIV care cascade (i.e. prevention including PrEP, testing and linkage, antiretroviral therapy initiation, treatment retention and suppression) the model focuses,
- Define where the programme is located, either within or beyond sub-Saharan Africa.
For more information, visit https://www.iasociety.org/Web/WebContent/File/Vacancies/RfP_DSD%20Adaptations%20COVID-19_Final.pdf