Tag: Middle East
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New Study: The Impact of the COVID-19 Health Crisis on Access to HIV Services in Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia.
A study was carried out by the FORSS consortium which includes (ITPC-MENA, Solidarité SIDA, AGD, ATP+, Al Shehab RdR Maroc, and M-Coalition). This recently developed report analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV-related health services in the MENA region, specifically in four countries in the region, namely (Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia). ).…
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MENA H Coalition: Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Provision of Principal Recipient services
A new US$ 7.5 million programme to strengthen sustainable access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care for marginalised groups in the Middle East and North Africa has been approved by the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance (Frontline Aid) is the actual Principal Recipient for this…
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The AMAN MENA: The New Security Toolkit
ITPC-MENA has been a an active member in the USAID-supported LINKAGES project and we are proud to share that ITPC-MENA and the other partners in this project designed an interactive toolkit to strengthen the security of HIV program implementers operating in the MENA region. Developed in collaboration with the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality…
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MENA H Coalition : Join the Grant Advisory Board | Oversight comity GFTAM subvention.
HIV: Sustainability of services for key populations in MENA region One of the key roles of the MENA H Coalition, within its role as the Applicant of the Global Fund supported Middle East and North Africa Multi-country Grant, is oversight of grant implementation. The board has already 4 members; two members representing multilateral organizations and…
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The MENA Networking Zone @ AIDS2018
Global Village – 22nd International AIDS Conference Amsterdam 23-27 July 2018 The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition ITPC-MENA, M-Coalition and The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality AFEMENA will host the MENA Networking Zone at the 22nd International AIDS Conference – Amsterdam 22-27 July 2018 Global Village. The Zone provides space for SCOs from MENA Region to…
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MENA Grants Update
This section will provide an update on where grants are at in all MENA countries. Most have recently been approved or should be approved soon. This is a particularly relevant time to provide an update like this. Afghanistan Disease Grants Status HIV/AIDS AFG-H-UNDP (PR: UNDP) Approved December 2017 TB AFG-T-MOPH (PR: Ministry of Public…
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Global Fund MENA Regional Platform is relaunched
ITPC-MENA continues as the host for the Middle East and North Africa region As a key component of the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, the Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination will continue to support and facilitate civil society dialogue and engagement with Global Fund grants and processes. ITPC-MENA, which hosted the…
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A new victory for ITPC-MENA : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV / AIDS 2017 : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt, a victory for ITPC-MENA Today, at the World Conference on AIDS, which is currently taking place in Paris from the 23rd to 26th July 2017, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the Medicines Patent Pool…
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BLOG: We want dolutegravir for all, and we want it now
Source: makemedicinesaffordable Author: Othoman Mellouk, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines Lead at the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). Article first published on the Huffington Post here. We’re calling for a compulsory license on a ‘new’ HIV drug to be enacted simultaneously in an initial six countries, in order to get essential treatment to all…
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ITPC MENA IN THE REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON ACCELERATING ACCESS TO THE CONTIUUM OF HIV CARE: FOCUS ON HIV TESTING
Beirut, Lebanon, 12–14 July 2017 By the end of 2015, the estimated number of people living with HIV in the Region had reached 330 000. With a continuously growing epidemic coupled with low coverage of ART, standing at 14% of people living with HIV, the number of deaths among people living with HIV was 15…