E-tutorial: Community Mobilization

This e-tutorial describes the purpose and benefits of community mobilization and its added value in the context of reducing HIV risk and vulnerability among communities of female sex workers and men who have sex with men. The illustration of Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Project ‘Sankalp’ has been provided.

There is also a pre- and post-test document associated with this e-tutorial.

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Community Update on New Funding Model (2014)

COMMUNITY UPDATE FOR MSM ADVOCATES The Global Fund’s New Funding Model: Key Entry Points for Civil Society

Published in November 2014 by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuburculosis, and Malaria (GFATM), this update on the GFATM’s new funding model (“Key Entry Points for Civil Society”) aims to enhance civil society participation in all stages of the country dialogue process to ensure that investments are strategically targeting the right intervention and the right populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and other key affected populations (KAPs). The update provides KAPs and broader civil society advocates with a step-by-step overview of the new funding model process, as well as guidance on how they can be more meaningfully involved in the ongoing country dialogue process. The GFATM has identified funding “windows” over two years.For 2015, the funding windows for concept note submission are the months of January, April, July, and September; for 2016, the month of April only.

Punishing Success? Explanation of Band 4 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its Implications for Civil Society and Key Populations

This briefing paper explains how country bands factor into the Global Fund’s New Funding Model and discusses the implications of Band 4 country classification for civil society and key populations. Although Band 4 is the largest band and includes 55 countries, it receives an overall funding share of only seven percent.

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