The Global Fund website now has the Myanmar HIV proposal on line. Though only the narrative part is there it is a huge file. There has to be a better way to get it out to people.
And Global Fund Observer has just published a kind of best practices in Round 8 and Round 9 proposals document. Myanmar has two citations below, the most of any country - except Indonesia which has three!
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The proposal: http://www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1890&lang=en&CountryId=MYN
The praise:
Myanmar HIV (Round 9, Category 1)
TRP Comments: The proposal displays a thorough understanding of the operating environment, health system and nature of the epidemic.
In Section 4.1(a), the Myanmar CCM provides a thorough description of the current National Strategic Plan for HIV, including a list of the services currently being provided and data on what these services have achieved.
Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 provide a detailed and frank description of the weaknesses in the current HIV programme and in Myanmar’s health system. In Section 4.3.3, the CCM describes efforts being taken to respond to the health system weaknesses.
? The text of Section 4.1(a) of the Myanmar HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_9/Myanmar-HIV-4.1a.pdf.
? The text of all of Section 4.3 of the Myanmar HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_9/Myanmar-HIV-4.3.pdf.
? The text of the full Myanmar HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1890&lang=en&CountryId=MYN.
Myanmar HIV (Round 9, Category 1)
TRP Comment: Gender issues have been comprehensively addressed.
Section 4.5.4 of the Myanmar proposal form describes how the proposal address issues of gender inequality. Specific activities include strengthening the capacity of the new Myanmar Positive Women’s Network, providing training on gender and HIV at the local level, assisting women to form their own support groups, and assisting female sex workers to negotiate safer sex.
? The text of Section 4.5.4 of the Myanmar HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_9/Myanmar-HIV-4.5.4.pdf.
? The text of the full Myanmar HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1890&lang=en&CountryId=MYN.
http://aidspan.org/documents/aidspan/aidspan-rounds-8-and-9-strengths-report-en.pdf
