Re: Has UNAIDS downgraded India program?

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum members,

 

Re: /message/9639

It is not UNAIDS alone who has downgraded the HIV/AIDS programme in India. The

gang of UN agencies, Bilaterals, Big Foundations and International agencies have

gotten away with their whims and fancies in defining and setting the agenda and

we have fallen into that trap.

Indeed it is we who have done it. We, the civil society, are to blame who have

not been demanding accountability, good governance and transparency from the

people in power.

 

Whether it is the recent blemish on the CCM India for submitting a sub standard

project proposal to GFATM Round 8 which got completely rejected or otherwise

have remained silent on the CCM India assertion that they will not call for

fresh proposals and resubmit the R8 proposal with amendments.

Why are we not questioning that?

And since the R9 has been been delayed we will no funding available to us for

atleast two years (that is with the assumption that the next submison by CCM

India will be done with CSO participation, transparency and accountability and

of course live upto the standards of the screening committee and the TRP of

GFATM).

 

So we need to wake up and also awaken others to demand accountability,

transparency and produce results and impact to see to it that the programme is

high on agenda, qulaity and high on merit.

 

Thanks .

Dr Sanjeev Kumar

New Delhi India

E-MAIL: <sanjeevbcc@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

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It seems, not only UNAIDS but UNDP also has downgraded India program?

In Kerala state there was UNDP-TAHA programme, which was experimentally

initiated in 7 districts. This was supposed to scale up and continue

to other 7 districts.

But now there is no steps and there is no news regarding hdrn who where the

national partner.

Do inform if you have any news?

Regards

Harish

e-mail: <harishpti@...>