Upcoming events, May 2016
1. Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Community Rep meeting on 19th and 20th May: The Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) capacity development initiative in the Asia Pacific region has entered the second phase. APN+ along with GNP+ will facilitate a two-day regional meeting at Holiday Inn, Bangkok to review results from last year, as well as, to […]
Statement of APN+ on the 12th Round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement Negotiations
Negotiators from 16 countries will meet in Perth, Australia, 24 April, 2016 onwards for the 12th round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). The RCEP negotiating countries include developed countries (Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea), developing countries (China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam) […]
Monitoring Access to Treatment in ASIA (MATA) Phase II Roll-out training
APN Plus initiated MATA in 2011 as part of its multi-country proposal under Round 10 of the Global Fund grants implementation. The program assessed HIV treatment related issues like pre-ART care, ART, ART adherence, treatment literacy, high risk behavior, health seeking behavior, etc. and to develop baseline to monitor changes in the key issues in […]
APN Plus Regional Study on Community HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC)
Free HIV counseling and treatment is available worldwide; however, there are still a large number of individuals who remain deprived of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). Due to delayed diagnosis, the effectiveness of ART is reduced. The most vulnerable population is found to be Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender. The perception of stigma, […]
Upcoming Events: Regional Experts Consultation on Access to Affordable Medicines, Diagnostics and Vaccine
During the 2015 UN ESCAP Inter Governmental Meeting of HIV and AIDS held in Bangkok, a regional framework for action on HIV and AIDS beyond 2015 was set and focuses on three key pillars: Addressing legal and policy barriers to access to HIV services; Ensuring access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and vaccines; and Developing evidence-based […]
Grant Making for KAP Regional Concept Note Under GF NFM
APN Plus became the Principal Recipient (PR) for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in early 2011 under round 10 grant titled Monitoring Access to Treatment in Asia (MATA). The grant aims to improve understanding about issues related to PLHIV’s access to treatment, care and support services in the region and […]
GF CCM Representative Regional Partnership Meeting
APN+ and GNP+ held a regional partnership meeting of the Global Fund CCM representatives at Bangkok in August 2015. The meeting provided the representatives from 28 countries and 10 regional networks and stakeholders clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, helped identify strategies to mitigate/overcome the challenges in country activities, as well as, developed strategies for regional […]
Treatment Literacy Regional Training of Trainers
Under the UNDP lead DIVA program APN+ organized regional training of trainers (ToT) on HIV Treatment Literacy as part of CSS component attached to the program. which aimed to place a strong emphasis on improving treatment access for MSM and Transgender people via improved community knowledge and understanding of treatment, including the notions of […]
Welcome on Board to APN+ Regional Team
Priya Prasad – Positive Pacific Working Group Coordinator Positive Pacific Working Group (PPWG) was established in 2012 as part of APN+ mission in strengthening our network in the Pacific region. It’s serves as a platform for positive community in Pacific Islands to communicate among themselves as well as to voice out PLHIV issues in […]
Positive Capacity Development Initiatives Enters ITS 7th Year Program Implementation
APN+’s Positive Capacity Development Initiative has come to its seventh year implementation since it started as HIV Consortium project supported by AusAID in 2009. At the beginning the initiative was developed to build the capacity of its country network members. And as it demonstrate a huge benefit towards network’s capacity, the initiative then continued […]