PartnersGF - 2004-04-14
CCMs - Multi-Country Study on PLWHA Participation
Stu Flavell, GNP+, The Netherlands
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The Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+), in close collaboration with the leadership of the Delegation representing Infected and Affected Communities to the Board of the Global Fund, conducted a 13-country study of CCMs and the involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS in the national-level process.
The study, consisting of a group of in-country surveys, delivered by community-based consultants, was conducted principally during late August and early September, 2003. The basic report, outlining the findings is:
http://www.gnpplus.net/multi_country_study.pdf
GNP+ will be translating this report into French and Spanish.
This reports highlights some issues and makes some suggestions from the field regarding PLWHA involvement and CCM process in general. We hope that this will help shape discussions leading into the Partnership Forum.
Stu Flavell
International Co-ordinator GNP+
Email: ic@gnpplus.net
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**Moderators note: The following is a short extract from the reports introduction:
This set of findings and recommendations is the synthesis of 74 completed questionnaires received from thirteen countries - Bolivia, El Salvador, Cameroon, Chile, Honduras, Haiti, India, Malawi, Moldova, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, and Ukraine which have CCMs. The respondents included the President-Chair of the CCM, CCM Coordinator, ministry or government official, the Principal Recipient, PLWHA or NGOs on the CCM as well as PLWHA or NGOs who are not on the CCM. See Annex 1 for a country by country breakdown of respondents.
This analysis should be read in tandem with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Framework Document and Guidelines on the Purpose, Structure and Composition of Country Coordinating Mechanisms, 4 June 2003.
The bulk of the surveys were conducted between 15 August and 5 September 2003. In the cases of Bolivia and El Salvador the studies were undertaken by the Latin American Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (REDLA+) at a later date.
The primary interviewers for this study were people living with HIV/AIDS from the recipient country (or neighbouring country, in the cases of Moldova and Malawi). Most participated in a review of the preliminary report while at the 11th International Conference for People Living with HIV/AIDS, Kampala, Uganda, 26-31 October 2003.