CARICOM-PANCAP- CVC-COIN Caribbean Multi-Country Global Fund Grant
Project Overview
The CARICOM-PANCAP-CVC-COIN Caribbean Multi-Country Global Fund Grant is a premier regional initiative funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Titled “Catalyzing Innovation for HIV Prevention in the Caribbean: A Multi-Country Grant for Equitable and Sustainable Access,” this project represents a landmark partnership uniting regional intergovernmental bodies and leading civil society networks.
The grant is strategically designed to scale up community-led innovations, reduce structural barriers, and secure sustainable, stigma-free health services for Key Populations (KPs) across the Caribbean. By bridging the gap between top-down policy advocacy and bottom-up community action, the project aims to significantly diminish the HIV epidemic across the region.
The Partnership Ecosystem
This unique multi-country framework relies on a collaborative, multi-tiered governance structure to ensure accountability, reach, and maximizing impact:
Principal Recipient: The CARICOM Secretariat provides high-level regional oversight, fiscal management, and structural accountability.
Sub-Recipients: * PANCAP (Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS) leads high-level regional advocacy, national program integration, and political sensitization.
CVC (Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition) and COIN (Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral) drive community-led interventions, working directly with local grassroots networks to elevate the voices, rights, and health equity of vulnerable groups.
Core Project Objectives
The initiative operates on a multi-pronged approach to tackle systemic gaps in the regional HIV response:
Reduce Structural Barriers: Eliminate institutional stigma, discrimination, and gender-based violence (GBV) that prevent vulnerable individuals from seeking care.
Advance Community-Led Service Innovations: Promote practical, locally led health solutions through flexible financing mechanisms like Result-Based Contracting (RBC).
Generate Strategic Information: Expand the use of community-led monitoring data, technology, and tracking tools to drive evidence-based advocacy.
Promote Sustainability & Domestic Co-Financing: Support transitioning the HIV response from international donor reliance to sustainable domestic public financing.
Key Pillars & Focus Areas
1. Differentiated & Innovative Service Delivery
The grant targets real-world implementation challenges by scaling up person-centered health models, focusing specifically on:
HIV Testing & Linkage to Care: Implementing community-led testing models, including self-testing and rapid diagnostics.
Prevention & Adherence Support: Increasing equitable access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
2. Human Rights, Gender, and Legal Redress
To combat the societal factors feeding the epidemic, the grant finances structural human rights protections:
Establishing Community-led Human Rights Monitoring Systems to record violations.
Training pro-bono lawyers, public defenders, and community paralegals in human rights legal literacy.
Providing crisis response and documentation support for Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
3. Strategic Data and Technology
Utilizing specialized web-based Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) platforms to capture real-time community insights.
Leveraging mobile health tech to improve retention in care and support treatment adherence.
Target Beneficiaries & Geographic Reach
The project prioritizes Key Populations (KPs) who experience the highest disparities and systemic exclusions in the region, including men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender individuals, sex workers, migrants, people who use drugs, and incarcerated populations.
