ANNOUNCEMENT

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

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

b) 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 â€" 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@...>