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Non State Actors capacity building for access to HIV-AIDS prevention, treatments and care in ENPI East Funded from Thematic Programme: ''DCI - Invest in People''

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General Information
Country:   Multi-country
Notice/Contract Number:   EuropeAid/130355/C/ACT/Multi
Publication Date:   Jul 26, 2010
Deadline:   Sep 16, 2010
Buyer:   European Commission (EC)
Original Language:   English

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Address:   Mrs. Barbara Lücke
Head of Unit
European Commission
EuropeAid: Co-operation Office, Unit A5
Office J-54 02/220, Avenue du Bourget 1
Brussels B-1049
Belgium
Telephone:   N/A
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/pador/index_en.htm

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BACKGROUND
The EU has taken important steps to address health in general and HIV specifically in EU Member States and in neighbouring countries. The "Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia of 2004 , and subsequent declarations, helped to put HIV/AIDS higher on the European agenda. The Lisbon migration and health conference of 2007 and other meetings and reports (e.g. the 2009 ECDC report on HIV/AIDS and migration in Europe) drew attention to issues of migration, health and HIV/AIDS. Both have influenced EU political commitment, which is reflected in policy and legal instruments, intended to promote that citizens and migrants have access to healthcare, including HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services.

The EU is committed to support efforts to reduce the incidence, mortality rates and to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis which remain a major challenge for many of the EU partner countries in their efforts to achieve health-related MDGs by 2015. The Commission Communication on "Combating HIV/AIDS in the European Union and neighbouring countries, 2009-2013" makes a clear reference to these goals in the EU and the neighbourhood.

In its 2008 epidemiology reports, WHO and UNAIDS underline that by the end of 2007 an estimated 730 000 people were living with HIV in Western and Central Europe up from 610 000 in 2001, 1.5 million in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, up from 650 000 in 2001, and 380 000 in North Africa and Middle East, up from 280 000 in 2001.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME AND PRIORITY ISSUES FOR 2009-2010
The thematic programme ‘Investing in People’ pursues a broad approach to development and poverty reduction, with the general aim of improving human and social development levels in partner countries in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals. It is based on Article 12 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) , and is further defined in the Strategy Paper for the Thematic Programme 2007-2013 . Under the theme ‘Good Health for all’, it addresses four key health areas. Among them, there is the need to strengthen Europe’s role in addressing the main poverty-related diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis that severely undermine the overall human and social development efforts. 'Good health for all' also aims to keep a balanced approach between prevention, treatment and care, with prevention as a key priority, acknowledging that its effectiveness is increased when linked with treatment and care. The EC will allocate a significant proportion of thematic funds to programmes and initiatives improving access to prevention, treatment, care and support to the fight against poverty related diseases around the world. This major contribution will be further strengthened by the EC’s pivotal leadership, fund-mobilisation and monitoring role in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM).

Please read the following documents for details.

Documents:
Guidelines
Annexes
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