ACCELERATE: HIV Services for Key Populations Affected by HIV/AIDS
Organization
YRG CARE / John Hopkins University
Country
India
Target Population
PWID
With funding from the Foundation, John Hopkins University is expanding direct service delivery to high-burden states in North India to improve the HIV care among vulnerable populations with preventative treatment, HIV treatment, and HIV self-testing.
Historic Grants in Africa
Here are a few select grants that the Foundation has previously funded across Africa. We’ve worked with an incredible range of local partners and supported them in implementing local solutions for the people who need it most.
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Alamo Area Resource Center
Organization
Alamo Area Resource Center
Country
USA
Target Population
LGBTQ Community
The Alamo Area Resource Center have established the first telemedicine model in Texas for HIV and LGBTQ health care. The project allows clinicians to continue seeing patients in a virtual environment, allowing the majority to remain at home without risking exposure via public transportation or sitting in a clinic waiting room.
Historic Grants in Asia
Here are a few select grants that the Foundation has previously funded across Asia. We’ve worked with an incredible range of local partners and supported them in implementing local solutions for the people who need it most.
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Atlanta
Atlanta has become a chosen home for the LGBTQ+ community, the group most impacted by HIV. There are currently more than 37,000 people here living with HIV.
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BeOnLine: A Platform to Expanding HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Kazakhstan
Organization
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia
Country
Kazakhstan
Target Population
MSM
In response to dramatically increasing HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kazakhstan, this project is expanding access to HIV through HIV self-testing and leveraging social media to ensure the needs of a stigmatized population are addressed and accessible.
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Organization
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Country
USA
Target Population
LGBTQ Community
With the help of our COVID-19 Emergency Fund, Birmingham AIDS Outreach developed a plan for drive-through HIV and STI testing through their mobile testing unit ‘Mabel'. Clients can be tested for HIV while remaining inside of their vehicles, limiting the amount of contact and reducing chances of Coronavirus transmission. This testing method has been extremely successful and has helped to prevent any further lapse in testing availability. In addition to their mobile testing unit, they developed a set of educational videos that covered the HIV facts and information that would usually be given to a client post-test.
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research
Organization
CeSHHAR
Country
Zimbabwe
Target Population
Sex Workers
CeSHHAR Zimbabwe is using emergency funding to equip workers with personal protective equipment (PPE) to safely conduct outreach for male and female sex workers, whilst setting up online services to support people’s adherence to treatment to keep services running during the pandemic.
Challenge Fund Scale-Up-Kenya
Organization
Population Services International (PSI)
Country
Kenya
Target Population
Adolescents
Adult men constitute the largest segment of those with unknown status in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV self-testing has proven to be an effective tool for overcoming men's reluctance to test. In Kenya, CIFF, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Unitaid have created a distribution system to provide HIV self-testing kits available in pharmacies, community centers, and high risk workplaces so young men are motivated to find out their status to protect their partners.
Chukua Selfie
Organization
Scanad Kenya Ltd.
Country
Kenya
Target Population
Adolescents
As part of MenStar, Chukua Selfie is a media campaign aimed to motivate young men to stay informed and use HIV self-testing, a specific simple way to know HIV status, confidentially, at a time and place of their choosing across Kenya.
Community-Led Mobile-Based Harm Reduction
Organization
Perkumpulan Rumah Cemara
Country
Indonesia
Target Population
People Who Use Drugs
This project removes the barriers to comprehensive harm reduction services and linkage to treatment for people who use drugs. Four sites and community-run one-stop services centres support people who use drugs of which 3,000 will be reached and tested in Indonesia.
Ending the epidemic policy fellowship program
Organization
Equality Foundation of Georgia
Country
USA
Target Population
People living with HIV/General Population
The Ending the Epidemic Policy Fellowship places recent graduates of master's degree programs in public health, public administration, public policy, and related fields or equivalent professional experience at Georgia Equality and partner organizations for a 6-month immersion into the policy-making process. Fellows apply their academic training, critical thinking, and analytical skills to support evidence informed decision-making that addresses HIV policy challenges within the city and state. Hosts gain valuable science-based knowledge and develop the strategic professional skill sets of participating fellows.
Historic Grants in Europe & Central Asia
Here are a few select grants that the Foundation has previously funded across Europe. We’ve worked with an incredible range of local partners and supported them in implementing local solutions for the people who need it most.
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Friends For Life Corporation
Organization
Friends For Life Corporation
Country
USA
Target Population
LGBTQ Community
Friends For Life distributes food pantry bags for over 700 clients per month directly out of their main office. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Friends For Life shifted to delivery distribution allowing clients to remain safely in their homes, instead of navigating public transit and spaces to procure basic food and hygiene products, while simultaneously lessening the risk of COVID-19 infections for essential on-site staff.
Fund for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement (FREE)
Organization
AIDS United
Country
USA
Target Population
MSM
Although Black gay and bisexual men account for one in 500 people living in the US, they make up nearly one in four new HIV infections and one in six Americans living with HIV. An estimated overall 21% of transgender individuals are infected with HIV in the US, which is approximately three times higher among Black transgender people. Through this new initiative, the Foundation's goal is intensive focus on community support and mobilization to develop programs to reduce new infection rates and AIDS-related illness and death and confront racism, homophobia, and transphobia as key drivers of HIV infection and disease.
Guiding Right
Organization
Guiding Right
Country
USA
Target Population
LGBTQ Community
With support from the Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Fund, Guiding Right transitioned in-person care services to virtual for HIV prevention, testing and treatment. Guiding Right also supported their sub grantee, Other Options, to buy food from regional food banks to maintain weekly deliveries to 2,000 clients.
India HIV/AIDS Alliance
Organization
India HIV/AIDS Alliance
Country
India
Target Population
MSM/Transgender
India HIV/AIDS Alliance are transitioning services online and promoting health seeking behaviour and information, whilst providing direct home support to LGBT communities at risk of or living with HIV.
Providing home-delivery of HIV medication is a vital lifeline for people living with HIV during the countries lockdown.
Innovative HIV and Harm Reduction Solutions for Underserved Segments of Key and Bridge Populations in Ukraine
Organization
Alliance for Public Health
Country
Ukraine
Target Population
People Who Use Drugs
The Alliance uses new technologies to improve access to harm reduction and HIV services for LGBT unable to visit conventional services, young recreational users of psychoactive substances, and youth practicing unsafe sex.
Kazakhstan
Almaty is the former capital of Kazakhstan and remains its largest city and cultural hub. About 1 out of 5 people living with HIV in Kazakhstan reside in Almaty.
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Kostamowin addressing community fear
Organization
AIDS Saskatoon
Country
Canada
Target Population
People who use drugs
In Saskatoon, which has been ground zero for Canada's HIV epidemic, we will hire a full-time Community Patroller to pick up improperly discarded needles and distribute harm reduction supplies and food to clients in need throughout inner-city Saskatoon.
Moscow
The Russian Federation is the leading country in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region in terms of the HIV burden, with an estimated 35% growth in new HIV infections since 2010.
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Moscow Lighthouse
Organization
Foundation "for support of social initiatives and public health"
Country
Russian Federation
Target Population
MSM
This project aims to extend access to HIV prevention and health care services for the LGBT community in the Moscow city area through HIV testing and counseling, self-testing, preventative treatment and delivering services for MSM/LGBT labor migrants from other Eastern European or Central Asian countries.
Novosibirsk Lighthouse
Organization
NGO "humanitarian project"
Country
Russian Federation
Target Population
MSM
The project improves HIV prevention, care, and support programs for key populations in one of the areas most heavily impacted by HIV in Russia, the Novosibirsk region.
Online Therapy with London HIV Clinics
Organization
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
Country
United Kingdom
Target Population
PLWH / General Population
The Foundation-funded project offers people living with HIV access to online services, providing clients with accessible and convenient support, the promise of increased anonymity, and ultimately increased empowerment to better manage their sexual health and well-being: much-needed services for PLHIV that will help them live healthier and happier lives.
Perkumpulan Rumah Cemara
Organization
Perkumpulan Rumah Cemara
Country
Indonesia
Target Population
People living with HIV
Rumah Cemara are distributing HIV medication to people living with HIV in their homes to avoid them being exposed to COVID-19. Rumah Camara are also providing virtual support services; an online meeting platforms allows them to provide workshops, tele-counselling service, and facilitate group support meetings.
PrEPster
Organization
PrEPster
Country
United Kingdom
Target Population
MSM
The Foundation has enabled PrEPster to undertake substantial education and advocacy activity in the UK.
READY 4 an AIDS-Free Future, Maputo, Mozambique
Organization
Frontline AIDS (in consortium with AMODEFA, REPSSI, and Africaid-Zvandiri)
Country
Mozambique
Target Population
Adolescents
This Elton John AIDS Foundation-funded project is being implemented in Maputo city and Matola. It is designed to benefit adolescents and young people at highest risk of HIV by enabling access to a comprehensive package of HIV and sexual reproductive health services; from HIV prevention to testing, treatment, and care services. It caters to the most marginalised adolescents and young people, helping those who are HIV negative to stay negative and those who are HIV positive to get diagnosed and ongoing treatment.
Ryan White and HIV: The Power of Children and a Mother’s Story
Organization
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Country
USA
Target Population
Adolescents
In 2007, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis opened The Power of Children, a permanent gallery that shares the stories of three 20th century children who overcame adversity in their lives to inspire children today to fight discrimination and intolerance and make a positive difference in the world. Through funding from the Foundation, it brings stories to life and serves as an intimate theater where struggles against AIDS and intolerance can be told to visitors from all over the world, with the mission of educating the world about AIDS and its victims.
Samarth 2.0
Organization
India HIV/AIDS Alliance
Country
India
Target Population
MSM
Samarth 2.0 offers a model to demonstrate a community-led intervention for men who have sex with men, transgender people and hijras in six priority sites. Samarth 2 aims to expand community-specific combination prevention services to include HIV screening, testing, treatment, and PrEP.
SisterLove
Organization
SisterLove
Country
USA
Target Population
Young People
SisterLove have adapted their HIV, Testing and Counselling and Linkage to Care programming to provide clients with HIV home testing kits . SisterLove are also providing virtual counselling, linkage to care, prevention education, and support to their clients. This has ensured their clients are able to access resources, stay engaged and continue to feel part of the community through times of isolation.
Sisters with a Voice
Organization
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research (CeSHHAR Zimbabwe)
Country
Zimbabwe
Target Population
Sex Workers
Female sex workers (FSW) in Africa bear the brunt of HIV. In Zimbabwe, HIV prevalence is 58% among FSW, and incidence is high. In 2009, the Sisters with a Voice programme was established by CeSHHAR on behalf of National AIDS Council for FSW and has national reach, operating in 36 sites across Zimbabwe. Clinical services are provided at government health facilities, supported by peer-led community empowerment; 53,000 FSW have been seen to date.
South Africa
South Africa is home to over 7 million people living with HIV, making it one of the countries most affected by HIV in the world.
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St. Petersburg Lighthouse
Organization
Saint Petersburg Charitable Social Fund for Medical and Social Programs Humanitarian Action
Country
Russian Federation
Target Population
People Who Use Drugs
This project will expand HIV, TB, and hepatitis C prevention, treatment, and care services in St. Petersburg for people who use drugs, including street sex workers, in partnership with municipal and state services. The project speeds up the detection of HIV and tuberculosis, prescribes life-saving HIV treatment and anti-TB drugs in a timely manner, and keep patients in treatment, which will reduce the number of deaths from these diseases.
Subhiksha
Organization
Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII)
Country
India
Target Population
Prison Populations
In India, unprotected male-to-male sex, laws against distribution of condoms in prisons, and high rates of injected drug use contribute to high risk of HIV/STI among prisoners. There have been relatively few HIV interventions among prisoners, among whom an estimated 6,800 are living with HIV. The Foundation-funded project expands HIV prevention-to-care continuum services to male prisoners and their families in three vulnerable states in India through health and structural interventions. It also works to create an enabling environment in prisons, prepare prisoners with life-coping skills, and link family members of prisoners to social-legal protection services to reduce vulnerability to HIV/STI.
Support. Don’t Punish: A Global Movement for Harm Reduction
Organization
International Drug Policy Consortium
Country
Global
Target Population
People Who Use Drugs
Support. Don't Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policy reform. The Foundation-funded campaign puts harm reduction on the political agenda by strengthening the mobilisation capacity of affected communities and their allies, opening dialogue with policy makers and raising awareness among the media and the public.
The Center for Community Solutions
Organization
The Center for Community Solutions
Country
USA
Target Population
LGBT/People who use drugs
With our support, The Center for Community Solutions has helped local service providers in the area to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for their staff and vulnerable clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food Chain
Organization
The Food Chain
Country
United Kingdom
Target Population
People living with HIV
The Food Chain are responding to the needs of the most vulnerable people living with HIV in London who have no access to food supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been providing food parcels to support people during this uncertain time.
Historic Grants in USA
Here are a few select grants that the Foundation has previously funded across the United States of America. We’ve worked with an incredible range of local partners and supported them in implementing local solutions for the people who need it most.
View historic grant list
Vermont Cares
Organization
Vermont Cares
Country
USA
Target Population
People Who Use Drugs/MSM
Vermont Cares transitioned to a mobile model of service and will use emergency funds from the Foundation to provide fuel for the increased use of their mobile prevention van. They are also providing syringe exchange supplies, safer sex kits, and COVID-19 materials including sanitisers and face masks.
VOCAL Kenya/Harm Reduction International
Organization
VOCAL Kenya/Harm Reduction International
Country
Kenya
Target Population
People who use drugs/People living with HIV
Voices of Community Action and Leadership and Harm Reduction International are working with women who use drugs and women living with HIV in the slum areas of Kibera and Kawangware in Nairobi to urgently extend hygiene, harm reduction and HIV prevention services.
ACCELERATE: HIV Services for Key Populations Affected by HIV/AIDS
Africa
Alamo Area Resource Center
Asia
Atlanta
BeOnLine: A Platform to Expanding HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Kazakhstan
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research
Challenge Fund Scale-Up-Kenya
Chukua Selfie
Community-Led Mobile-Based Harm Reduction
Ending the epidemic policy fellowship program
Europe & Central Asia
Friends For Life Corporation
Fund for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement (FREE)
Guiding Right
India HIV/AIDS Alliance
Innovative HIV and Harm Reduction Solutions for Underserved Segments of Key and Bridge Populations in Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Kostamowin addressing community fear
Moscow
Moscow Lighthouse
Novosibirsk Lighthouse
Online Therapy with London HIV Clinics
Perkumpulan Rumah Cemara
PrEPster
READY 4 an AIDS-Free Future, Maputo, Mozambique
Ryan White and HIV: The Power of Children and a Mother’s Story
Samarth 2.0
SisterLove
Sisters with a Voice
South Africa
St. Petersburg Lighthouse
Subhiksha
Support. Don’t Punish: A Global Movement for Harm Reduction
The Center for Community Solutions
The Food Chain
USA
Vermont Cares
VOCAL Kenya/Harm Reduction International
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