HIV: General
Organised Response for Comprehensive HIV Interventions in Districts of Manipur and Nagaland (ORCHID)
Description: Project ORCHID works to reduce transmission of HIV and STI among Injecting Drug Users (IDU), Sex Workers (SW), Men having Sex with Men (MSM) and their sexual partners through a response of increased scale and coverage in selected high-prevalence districts and townships of Manipur and Nagaland in Northeast India. Project ORCHID has been building the capacity of local NGOs, community based organisations and faith-based organisations since May 2004. Together with Project ORCHID, local NGOs are increasingly identifying strategies and forging an enabling environment, to scale up harm reduction services to provide outreach to IDU and SW in remote and challenging terrains. This year over 20,000 IDUs, 4,000 SWs, 700 MSM have accessed Project ORCHID services through 12 NGOs and 24 implementation sites. These services provided include needle and syringe program, condoms distribution (including demonstration of safer practices), counselling, STI testing and treatment, abscess treatment, IEC distribution, referral and recreational facilities. In 2005, DFID granted additional funds to EHA and AIHI to provide a buprenorphine substitution service to 1,800 IDU alongside Project ORCHID's existing harm reduction interventions.
Country/Region: India
Funding Agencies: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Partner Organisations: Emmanuel Hospital Association
Project duration: March 2004-March 2009
Key Nossal Staff: Peter Deutschmann Michelle Kermode, Beth Fuller, Alison Morgan, Michelle Kermode, Sasi Kumar
Project ORCHID Phase II - HIV prevention in north-east India (Manipur and Nagaland) funded through BMGF
Country/Region: India
Funding Agencies: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Partner Organisations: Emmanuel Hospital Association
Project duration: 2009 -
Key Nossal Staff: Peter Deutschmann, Michelle Kermode, Beth Fuller, Michelle Kermode, Greg Armstrong, Sasi Kumar
Women with disability and HIV vulnerability in NE India
HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program (HAARP) Regional Technical and Coordination Unit (RTCU)
Description: The purpose of this AusAID funded Program is to strengthen the capacity and will of governments and communities in Southeast Asia and China to reduce HIV related harm associated with drug use. HAARP works at a regional level and also engages individual countries on a national level (Vietnam, China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Philippines) to develop country specific targets. Three elements of HAARP include:
- Establishing the RTCU which provides technical and coordination services to the HAARP. The Unit is the heart of HAARP, providing access to technical experts, senior officials in partner governments, other agencies in the region, and quality research and other information relevant to HAARP.
- Improving donor harmonisation by facilitating cooperative work with multilateral agencies with mandate to work on HIV and drug use issues, policies and programs. The RTCU will contract technical services from relevant UN agencies to support regional and country level work in reducing HIV harm associated with drug use.
- Achieving country-specific outcomes focussing on national and sub-national levels which will lead to the achievement of overall Program objectives regionally.
The institute is one of three consortium partners managing the implementation of the RTCU.
Country/Region: Mekong
Funding Agencies: AusAID
Partner Organisations: HLSP, IDSS
Project duration: 2007-2012
Key Nossal Staff: Jenny Booth, Rob Moodie, Mia Urbano, Nick Crofts, Martha Morrow
Tibet Health Sector Support Program
Description: The Project aims to improve the health and well-being of the people of TAR (4 counties under Lhasa municipality) through institutional strengthening of health management and planning, capacity development and advisory support to health agencies. The Project has three components each with its own objective including:
- Health system development: improving the effectiveness of health systems in TAR at the strategic and operational levels
- Primary health care support: improving the effectiveness, quality of and access to integrated rural health services in four counties (Qushui, Linzhou, Damxuan and Nimu)
- HIV/AIDS support: improving the effectiveness of Tibet?s response to HIV/AIDS
AIHI is sub-contracted by Australian Red Cross to provide technical inputs to facilitate the development and institution of the Basic Essential Maternal Newborn Care (EMNC) Training Program for county and township health workers in accordance with the EMNC Plan (2005).
Country/Region: China
Funding Agencies: AusAID
Partner Organisations:ARC, LaTrobe University, Macfarlane Burnet Institute, CICH
Project duration: June 2004 - December 2009
Key Nossal Staff: Alison Morgan, Michelle Kermode
Policy and Practice - HIV prevention and harm reduction
Funding Agencies: UNODC/AusAID
Training key staff in HIV program design & development of facts sheets for ten selected HIV projects
Funding Agencies: World Vision Asia Pacific Office
UNAIDS Technical Advisory Group
Description:The UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific is establishing a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to support the development and implementation of a coherent and effective HIV prevention and AIDS treatment, care and support program in South Asia. AIHI is providing technical advise to the TAG on an ongoing basis.
Country/Region: South Asia
Funding Agencies: UNAIDS
Project duration: 2005-ongoing
Key Nossal Staff: Peter Deutschmann, Sasi Kumar
Overcoming Stigma and Discrimination in Manipur and Nagaland, India
Description: This two-year project aims to reduce HIV/AIDS related Stigma & Discrimination in Nagaland and Manipur, India against marginalised groups, affected communities and PLHA by applying a coordinated mix of local mass media together with individual and community-based interpersonal communication interventions designed to raise people's awareness and change attitudes. The Project will apply a capacity development approach by providing training and skills development to local video production firms.
Country/Region: India
Funding Agencies: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Partner Organisations: EHA
Project duration: 2007-2009Key Nossal Staff: Sasi Kumar, Prarthna Dayal, Bernice Dzuvichu, Menosau Kevichusa, Jubita Hajarimayum,