Gilead Asia Pacific Rainbow Grant Impact Report
Supporting communities since 2018
Engage, empower and partner to end HIV
The Gilead Asia Pacific Rainbow Grant supports community-led responses that address HIV-related needs.
Under its goals, the Grant empowers underserved communities to overcome obstacles to care and help people
living with HIV (PLHIV) lead healthy and enriching lives.
Contributing to progress towards the 95-95-95 goal
Our community partners are key to expanding access, improving HIV education, and combating stigma and discrimination that can deliver on our vision to ensure access to equitable care for all PLHIV worldwide.
More than 130,000 people screened, tested, and counselled for HIV
More than 5 million people reached through awareness and education workshops
More than 300 new partnerships formed
This includes healthcare professionals, governments, academics, and international organizations.
Hear directly from our grantees
Conducted from March to April 2023, the goal of the self-reported survey was to understand the performance of grantee projects vis-Ã -vis their set objectives, and chart how the Grant has performed across its three pillar goals of engage, empower, and partner.
A total of 84 responses* were received
*Geographies of respondents and/or projects: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Chinese Mainland, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
NATURE OF PROJECTS
The type and number of projects the Grant has supported in the last five years demonstrates that it is moving in the same track as global objectives. Enabling projects focused on promoting awareness and education and shaping the environment to address stigma and discrimination. These are key factors that can shift the needle in achieving the 95-95-95 goals in the region.
What does this mean for projects across different economic settings?
What does this mean for projects across different economic settings?
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HIV education & literacy
81%
support marginalised groups and key populations
53%
services that support people centered care
33%
digital communications & innovations
25%
capacity building for hcp/nurses/case managers
capacity building for key populations
51%
services that support peer navigators
33%
promoting diversity & inclusion
31%
community research
17%
Community partners in upper-middle income geographies focus on improving the quality of life for PLHIV and key populations, expanding most resources for HIV education and literacy and addressing stigma and discrimination.
Upper-middle income geographies refer to Mainland China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Community partners in high income geographies emphasize environment-shaping initiatives that will expand access to HIV care and overcome systemic barriers faced by hard-to-reach populations.
High income geographies refer to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore.
Key populations targeted by projects
Beyond MSM, the Grant is targeting a diverse and growing mix of key populations including young people,
women, migrant populations, and transgender people.
This addresses challenges faced by groups disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in the Asia
Pacific region.
Knowledge areas projects improved among key populations
With mental well-being and addressing stigma and discrimination as one of the top focuses, project designs
prioritized are integrated and people-centric.
This continues to reflect and complement global objectives to improve quality of life for people living with
or affected by HIV, accelerating progress towards the 95-95-95 goals in individual geographies.
Untapped potential of digital tools
Likely to be an outcome of the pandemic, the normalization of using digital platforms and technology to impact health-seeking behaviors have opened a new and effective channel of engagement for grantees.
Power of digital platforms to influence perceptions and attitudes
Results indicate that social media is an extremely useful tool. More than 60% of grantees have developed
digital tools to better engage the key populations and have used social media as a platform to shift
perceptions and improve health literacy.
This could inform future approaches to address stigma and discrimination against HIV.
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PROJECTS THAT DEVELOPED NEW DIGITAL TOOLS BETTER ENGAGE KEY POPULATIONS 64%
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GRANTEES THAT AGREE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ARE EFFECTIVE TOOLS IN SHIFTING HIV PERCEPTIONS 98%
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PROJECTS THAT USED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY 60%
Breaking psychosocial barriers to influence health-seeking behaviors
The grantees executed high-engagement and high-impact social media campaigns that improved perceptions and attitudes; in turn, influencing health-seeking behaviors and increased screening and testing.
Over 130,000 individuals contacted the community organizations and made appointments to be screened, tested
or counselled as a result of these social media campaigns.
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