A Consortium to identify and address Treatment Gaps in the Asia Pacific region

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ANNOUNCEMENT

 

A Consortium has evolved to explore, identify gaps and address continuum of HIV

treatment, co- related issues, strengthen networks of treatment providers, scale

up efficiency, build capacity and establish newer innovative models for

universal treatment and care and support access in the Asia Pacific region.

 

We are pleased to announce the formal launch of Consortium of HIVAIDS Treatment

Providers in Asia Pacific (CHATPAP). This is currently endorsed in India, China,

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Nepal where we have existing partnership with

NGOs, INGOs dedicated to providing treatment, care and support including

Governments.

We communicated and solicited participations of NGOs; INGOs directly involved in

the treatment, care and support for PLHAs from the six countries providing life

saving services and expand membership to other countries in the region. CHATPAP

aims to create a dynamic forum of doers/providers to connect, network,

understand and share their experiences in providing HIV treatment and critical

care issues related to basic access, availability, and affordability of drugs,

generic drugs and diagnostics, procurement issues, varied delivery of services,

innovative and high end technology for testing scale up, to address revival of

creative prevention strategies, identify gaps and to advocate for increase

treatment access for marginalized populations such as IVDUS, CSW, MSM, Migrants

and refugees working in tandem with government and UN agencies in the region.

Activities of CHATPAP

1. Consortium of HIVAIDS Treatment Providers in Asia Pacific (CHATPAP) shall

immediately accept applications for membership from various NGOs in the present

countries and within the next year expands to other countries in the region.

2. To promote CHATPAP in the lines of other existing regional networks and have

its first joint assembly during the 9th ICAAP.

3. To advocate for universal access to treatment, care and support services

which is our fort and to consolidate through this consortium and expand our

reach to new partners and strengthen existing partners.

4. To showcase our presence as a single largest consortium in six countries and

working in tandem with different stakeholders at national, regional and global

level.

5. To share experiences, challenges, lessons learnt to better HIVAIDS treatment

delivery and enhance program effectiveness.

6. To exchange key strategies and strengthen treatment providers network.

7. To give an equal participation and equal voice to members of the consortium

to address or share their problems and solutions.

8. To set up a database of treatment providers and generate a directory of

treatment services providers in the Asia Pacific region.

9. To liaise with UN bodies, WHO and provide critical field experience based

data to create needful changes in HIVAIDS care and treatment policy.

10. To jointly participate and or conduct simple analysis of programs,

activities and gather relevant demographic data/profiles.

11. To advocate Universal Access to ART including second line drugs.

12. To organize regional treatment providers workshop, meetings in conjunction

with regional programs, workshop, conferences.

13.  To influence policy makers for positive and effective changes.

14. To advocate for affordable second line/third line drugs and newer molecules.

15. To establish initially and later to assert through this consortium the

following demands:

a) Active participation in the decision making process in regional bodies

  Co-sponsor international and regional conference such as ICAAP

c) Have a say in the nomination of members to the highest decision/policy making

bodies such as UNITAID, GFATM, PEPFAR etc.

d) Influence and seek mandate from other regional exclusive groups to support

our global campaigns

e) Represent our demands through this consortium to various multilateral

organizations including UN bodies

 

Membership to CHATPAP is free and registration can be done by providing basic

information about your organisation.

Personal information submitted to CHATPAP will be kept strictly confidential and

used only for the purposes of dissemination of CHATPAP activities.

 

General Membership Form

1. Name of Organisation/Network:

2. Contact Details: Address/ Tel/ Fax/ Email/website

3. Name of Focal Person:

4. Major Area of Work:

 

Kindly Contact us at:

CHATPAP

AHF Asia Pacific Bureau Secretariat

S345, Panchsheel Park,

New Delhi – 110 017

Tel: +91 11 46866800

Fax: +91 11 46866813

Email: chinkholal.thangsing@...

For enquiries and coordination contact

Email: mahesh.ganesan@...

 

S345, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017

Tel: +91 11 46866800, Fax: +91 11 46866813

 

Membership Application Form

 

I hereby submit this application duly filled on behalf of my organisation as my

application to be a member organisation of Consortium of HIVAIDS Treatment

Provider in Asia Pacific (CHATPAP).

 

My details are as follows:

 

Name

Organisation:

Designation:

Address:

Contact Details: (Phone/Fax/Email/Skype ID Etc.)

Major areas of work:

Country:

The above details are true to the best of my knowledge.

Signature: (Authorised Signatory)

Date:

 

*Submit by email to: Chinkholal.thangsing@...

 

For Official Use only:

 

Membership No.

Acceptance Date:

 

Country Code:

 

Category Code:

1. ART Treatment

2.Counselling services.

3. Testing Services.

4. IEC Services

5. Community Outreach

6.Care and Support

7. Advocacy for Treatment care and support

8. Drug procurement

9. High technology on HIV diagnostics etc

10: Other HIV care service

Mahesh Ganesan

e-mail: <mahesh.ganesan@...>