Archive for February, 2021
Georgia CCM starts receiving ideas/proposals from stakeholders. The selected proposals will be discussed and included into joint HIV/TB country application to be submitted to the Global Fund for the next implementation period (2022-2025).
Please send your ideas/proposal no later than March 25, inclusively to the following e-mail addresses of the Secretariat: secretary@georgia-ccm.ge; admin@georgia-ccm.ge
Indicative project areas:
– Ensure quality treatment and care of PLHIV, psychosocial and adherence support;
– Ensure quality treatment and care of TB patients, psychosocial and adherence support;
– Implementation of interventions for HIV prevention and conducting of HIV testing among TGs;
– Implementation of interventions for HIV prevention and conducting of HIV testing among MSMs;
– Quality control of coverage of IDUs with prevention services and testing, monitoring and supervision, building technical capacities of harm reduction organizations, adaptation of service centers to requirements of service delivery;
– Implementation of HIV prevention interventions targeting FSWs;
– Support to HIV self-testing platform;
– PrEP community program;
– Piloting and support of innovative HIV prevention and testing programs;
– Piloting and implementation of a primary healthcare based integrated HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions;
– Telemedicine based trainings and service delivery;
– Community systems strengthening support, advocacy, facilitation of development of supportive political and regulatory framework;
– Introduction of new methods of TB diagnosis;
– Active detection and management of latent TB;
– Implementation of “Zero TB” initiative in various regions of Georgia;
– Integrating TB services in Primary Healthcare;
– Improvement of quality of TB control;
– Support to VOT and consultation;
– Introduction of unified TB management electronic information system;
– Information campaigns to raise public awareness.
On February 23, 2021 the field visit of the Oversight Committee was held in online format.
Impact of COVID-19 on the work of community organizations and on TB detection and adherence were discussed during the meeting.