Global Fund round 6 grants will make more work possible with those most vulnerable to HIV
18 December 2006
Organisations in the International HIV/AIDS Alliance have been awarded up to $83 million in the sixth round of grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Proposals have been successful in Alliance countries including India, Morocco, Senegal and Ukraine, with Global Fund grants for these countries totalling $480 million.
The Alliance’s share of these grants includes $64.6 million over five years in Ukraine; $14.4 million over five years in India; $1.8 million over two years in Senegal; and $1.3 million over four years in Morocco. (In some countries the grants are still contingent on final requirements being fulfilled in the coming weeks.)
Alliance Executive Director Alvaro Bermejo said the grants were “a great boost for Alliance organisations in these five countries, and particularly important for those that are disproportionately infected with and affected by HIV – and hence key to stemming the epidemic’s spread.”
“Globally only 5% of injecting drug users, 11% of men who have sex with men and 16% of sex workers have access to basic HIV services. Work with these groups is traditionally under-funded and, where funded, bound by constraints that can limit its effectiveness.
“That’s why the Global Fund grants are such good news. They allow those that are best placed, such as civil society organisations, to reach these vulnerable groups. If work to reduce the vulnerability of these groups and the human rights violations that they face is not sufficiently funded, the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care by 2010 for all who need it will not be achieved.”
Alliance grants and roles by country
| Country | Organisation | Role | Country amount
5-yrs | Organisation amount | Organisation’s focus in country project |
| India | Alliance India | Co-principal recipient | $259,180,000 | $14,370,000
5 yrs | Mitigate the impact of HIV on children and women |
| Morocco | AMSED | Sub recipient | $26,453,910 | $1,300,000
4 yrs | Reduce the vulnerability of most at risk populations and improve their sexual health knowledge |
| Senegal | Alliance Nationale Conte le SIDA (ANCS) | Co-principal recipient | $28,893,265 | $1,800,000
2 yrs | Reduction in the transmission of HIV in specific most at risk populations and improve the survival rate and care of people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS |
| Ukraine | Alliance Ukraine | Co-principal recipient | $151,000,000 | $64,647,323
5 yrs | Support for prevention, treatment and care for the most vulnerable populations |
