The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM): Round 5 Phase 2

Principal Recipients:

• First to handle:            Tropical Disease Foundation
• Second to handle:       Department of Health

Sub-Recipient: Positive Action Foundation Philippines, Inc.

Project Name:

“Upscaling the National Response to HIV/AIDS through the Delivery of Services and Information to Populations at Risk and People Living with HIV and AIDS”

Funding Period: November 2008 to September 2010

Funding Goes To Three Main Areas:

•  Knowledge and Health Information
• Facilitation and Assistance
• Peer Support and Counseling

Approaches and Strategies:

• Conduct home and hospital visits
• Referrals and facilitations on clients’needs

Biomedical Support
Psychosocial support

• Collaboration with other Global Fund projectsto avoid double entry of reached clients
• Peer to peer
• Promotion of support groups (for involvement)
• Close coordination with focal person

Target:

• People Living with HIV
• Affected Families (AF)
• Significant Others (SO)