css – ICASO

How to advocate for community responses and systems strengthening interventions in Global Fund funding requests

The purpose of this information note is to support civil society and community groups to design and include community systems strengthening interventions and community-based monitoring activities in funding requests during the 2017-2019 Global Fund funding cycle. This information will be of interest to community groups, key population networks, country coordination mechanism (CCM) members, ministries of health, disease program managers, and health service providers.… Read more

Investing in Community Responses

Investing in Community Responses A case for funding non-service delivery community actions to end AIDS Greater investment in community responses is needed to end AIDS. UNAIDS suggests that investments in community mobilization should increase threefold to 3%, and spending on social enablers should reach 8% of total expenditure by 2020.… Read more

Q&A: Community Systems Strengthening

This document provides an overview on community systems strengthening (CSS) in the context of changes taking place as the Global Fund rolls out its new funding model. The document summarizes how CSS interventions feature in the guidance provided to countries in developing concept notes, which are central to the new funding approaches being introduced by the Global Fund.… Read more