Dr. Peter Piot
Executive Director, UNAIDS
20, Avenue AppiaCH 1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Dear Dr. Piot,
The launch of the 8th Global Fund Call for Proposals is a critical opportunity in the effort toreach the goal of Universal Access to HIV treatment and prevention by 2010. As you know, theleadership provided by Roll Back Malaria and Stop TB Partnership has resulted in significantlyincreased acceptance levels for malaria and tuberculosis Global Fund grant applications.
Unfortunately, HIV/AIDS applications to the Global Fund have never exceeded a 40%
acceptance level. As a result, the Global Fund has not yet had the full positive impact that itshould in helping to reach Universal Access.
As representatives of civil society from around the world, we are extremely troubled by thepersistently high proportion of HIV/AIDS applications to the Global Fund that have beendeemed technically unsound by the Global Fund Technical Review Panel and rejected.
UNAIDS has the opportunity to correct this troubling pattern. We, the undersigned civil societyorganizations from around the world, are calling on UNAIDS to galvanize efforts to ensure theGlobal Fund's 8th Round results in a dramatic increase in submission of technically Roundproposals to the Global Fund through technical actions and political commitment at the highestlevels.
We are challenging UNAIDS to commit publicly to clear goals and objectives to address thisurgent problem in Round 8 and beyond. Specifically we are calling on UNAIDS to set a goal of reaching an acceptance level of 70% for HIV/AIDS applications to the Global Fund for Round
8. We are confident that this goal can be achieved, through concrete action steps such as:
. Providing increased access to high-quality technical support in the preparation andwriting of proposals;
. Developing and disseminating practical tools to facilitate the proposal planning
process;
. Catalyzing coordinated action by UN family organizations, bilaterals, civil society andother partners; and
. Supporting an enhanced mechanism for peer review of HIV/AIDS components to helpCCMs get high quality feedback from experts before proposal submission.
As civil society, we will also use our resources and expertise at the national level and at theglobal level to ensure countries plan ambitious and bold requests, firmly grounded in the priorities and needs of people living with HIV and communities at risk of infection.
As you know, the time for action and impact is short--the deadline for Round 8 is July 1, 2008.
Will UNAIDS commit to this goal, and provide high level technical and political leadership toensure success in Round 8?
Sincerely,
Act Up-Paris, France
Action Group for Health, Human Rights, and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), Uganda
ActionAid International
African Council of AIDS Service Organizations (AfriCASO)
African Services Committee, USA
Agua Buena Human Rights Association, Costa Rica
AIDES, France
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
AIDS Foundation East-West, The Netherlands
Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+)
Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, Malaysia
Associa..o Mulher, lei e Desenvolvimento (MULEIDE), Mozambique
Association "Pozityvus gyvenimas," Lithuania
Association des Jeunes pour la Promotion des Orphelins (AJPO), Burkina Faso
Association HIV.LV, Latvia
Buds of Christ, India
Centre d'Informations, de Conseils et de Documentation sur le SIDA et la Tuberculose (CICDoc)
Burkina Faso
Children Education Society (CHESO), Tanzania
CSAT Regional Coordination Latin América and Caribbean - AID FOR AIDS, Perú
Dmitriev Ivan - NGO "The well-being of generations," Russia
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Eurasian Harm Reduction Network, Lithuania
European AIDS Treatment Action Group
Family Health International, USA
Fundación Huellas, Ecuador
Gestos - Soropositividade, Comunica..o e Gênero, Brazil
Global AIDS Alliance, USA
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), Canada
globalSIDA - acción contra el SIDA, Spain
Health and Development Networks, Thailand
Health GAP, USA
HIV/AIDS Task Force, Africa Japan Forum, Japan
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD), Canada
International Centre for Humanitarian Action and Grassroot Empowerment (I CHANGE), Cameroon
International Civil Society Support, The Netherlands
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS Eastern Africa
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - Madagascar Country Office
International Planned Parenthood Federation - Africa Regional Office
Intersect Worldwide, USA
Kenya Treatment Access Movement (KETAM)
Konstantin Zverkov - "The Age of Mercy," Ukraine
Marie Stopes International
Marie Stopes Tanzania
Moiseeva Irina - PLWH Women Club "Hope," Russia
Mozambican AIDS Treatment Access Movement (MATRAM)
Mr. Georges Kanuma, Association national de Soutien aux seroposifs et aux malades du sida (ANSS)
Responsable des projets de prevention aux MSM, Burundi
Mrs. Elizabeth Mataka, Vice Chair,
Board of Directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa
Ms Tal Sagorsky, Liaison to the Vice Chair
Board of Directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Network of Men living with HIV in Kenya (NETMA+)
Network of Zimbawean Positive Women (NZPW+)
NGO "Phoenix PLUS," Russia
Observatorio Latino, AID FOR AIDS International
Osservatorio Italiano sull'Azione Globale contro l'AIDS, Italy
Paliy Andrei - Mutual help group for PLWH "Socium+," Russia
Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc.
Physicians for Human Rights, USA
Positive Women's Network (PWN+), India
Positively AFRICA, Canada
Project RING, Japan AIDS and Society Association
RESULTS Educational Fund, USA
Russian Harm Reduction Network
SAHRiNGON, Tanzania Chapter
Society For Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA)
The Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Malawi
Treatment Action Group, USA
Treatment Action Movement (TAM), Nigeria
Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC), Zambia
Uganda Treatment Access Movement
Voluntary Service Overseas International (VSO)
World AIDS Campaign, South Africa and The Netherlands
cc: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria
Dr. Hiroki Nakatani, ADG for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, WHO
Dr. Kevin DeCock, Director, Department of HIV/AIDS, WHO
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