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  • Title: The HIV / AIDS Alliance budgets $23 million for its 3-year plan as "linkman".
    Journal: AIDS Anal Afr; 1994; 4(4):3. PubMed ID: 12288158.
    Abstract:
    The International Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Alliance, a London based nongovernmental organization (NGO) with a 1994 income of $3.5 million, is funding small organizations in developing countries via locally governed linking organizations, which review applications and provide technical support. The Alliance is headed by Jeff O'Malley, the founding executive director of Harvard's Global AIDS Policy Coalition and executive director of its 1992 "AIDS in the World" report. The result of a Rockefeller Foundation initiative, the Alliance has been operational since the beginning of 1994. 2 years of research, which focused on Mexico, the Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Egypt, indicated that the ideal funding arrangement was one where a northern NGO funded a southern NGO in a partnership. However, the southern NGOs soon outgrew this relationship. Critics suggest existing networks should be used instead of the new linking organizations. O'Malley cites 2 reasons for this new method of empowering the south: 1) smaller community groups are reached and 2) national debate on AIDS is catalyzed. Research shows that groups on the edge of being considered NGOs have little access to funds; however, they often are in a position to do important work on AIDS prevention and care. After piloting programs in Burkina Faso and the Philippines, the Alliance released a provisional 3-year plan for networks to be established in 14 countries (9 in 1994, 5 in 1995). Linking organizations are being formed in Bangladesh, Ecuador, and Senegal. Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be next. Work ranges from prevention and care to social science research and small scale drug supply. Staff have a variety of backgrounds: health, AIDS, development, the private sector, government, and NGOs. Linking organizations are bound by a Statement of Vision and Values. Whether a new linking organization is established (Philippines) or an existing network used (Bangladesh) varies with the country. The Philippines organization supports 3 NGOs; 6 NGOs are supported in Burkina Faso, where there is a shortage of staff (a problem that may occur elsewhere in Africa). The Alliance funding has been obtained for the most part from general health budgets. Donors include the European Union, France, Sweden, Britain, and the US. $3.7 million has been budgeted for 1994, $8.4 million for 1995, and $11 million for 1996. The bulk of the funding has yet to be received. General guidelines require that at least 70% of Alliance funds go for NGO programs, at least 20% for technical assistance, and less than 10% for management and administration at the London office. The distribution of funds is similar at the linking organization level.
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