Key populations investment fund feedback collection form
By The United States President's Emergency Pan for AIDS Relief
Feedback Requested: PEPFAR’s stakeholders and partners (community and civil society members, multilateral partners, and host governments) are a critical part of efforts toward achieving sustained control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and, ultimately, an AIDS-free generation. All stakeholders, partners, and other interested parties are invited to provide thoughts, comments, feedback on the implementation and planning of the recently announced $100 million Key Populations Investment Fund.
Background: The Key Populations Investment Fund was announced during the 2016 United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS. It will support both proven and innovative, tailored, community-led approaches to address critical issues and gaps that exist for key populations in the HIV/AIDS response. Key populations are defined per the UNAIDS definition which includes:
- gay men and other men who have sex with men,
- transgender people,
- sex workers,
- people who inject drugs, and
- prisoners.
The fund will address the complex issues that create barriers to HIV prevention and treatment services that continue to keep these communities at the margins of the AIDS response. These include:
- acceptance of human rights of all persons, without distinction;
- access to quality services for key populations;
- systematic and rigorous monitoring of stigma and discrimination combined with clear actions to mitigate stigma and discrimination;
- availability of data on population size and utilization of prevention & treatment services by key populations; and
- improving the capacity of key populations-led community based organizations to advocate for changes in policies and directly implement services.
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