The English language coordinator of HIV Information for Myanmar has a few questions about this call for expressions of interest from the 3MDG Fund -

1) Is there any evidence that provision of primary care or sexually transmitted infection care to people who use drugs decreases HIV transmission? What is the opportunity cost of providing these inessential services to drug users when the funds could be used for evidence-informed services that do prevent HIV?

2) As TB incidence and prevalence is twice as high in men as it is in women, why look for TB through MCH services? What is the opportunity cost of integrating services when the funds could be used for evidence-informed services for TB case finding and saving mother and infant lives?

Anyone can suggest answers to the questions posed.

Jamie

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The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) requests eligible organisations to express their interest to implement activities in three separate disease areas: HIV, TB and malaria.

This is to provide funding support for the period of 2014 onwards, to cover the following disease areas:

1. HIV – harm reduction, including methadone maintenance therapy scale up

2. TB – TB Active Case Finding for:

a. Urban poor large cities and economic hubs

b. Screening of TB in hospitals

c. Integration of TB services in MNCH clinics (antenatal and postnatal care services, and related maternal and child health care services).

d. Mobile TB screening in underserved townships and hard to reach areas
e.      Mines

3. Malaria – MARC (Myanmar Artemisinin Resistance Containment) scale up response.

The relevant documents, can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.3mdg.org/index.php/opportunities/39-hiv-tb-malaria-eoi

The deadline for submissions is 5pm Myanmar time (GMT +6.5 hrs), Friday, 20 September 2013.

You can also send questions to info@3mdg.org. Responses will be posted on a Q&A section on this page.