Launched at the end of 2011, L’Initiative is a facility implemented by the public agency Expertise France and complementary to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It provides technical assistance and catalytic financial support to Global Fund recipient countries in order to improve the effectiveness of its grants and strengthen the health impact of funded programs. In this way, it helps to ensure an effective response to pandemics and health systems.
APCASO is an Asia-Pacific regional civil society network of community-based and non-profit organizations on HIV, health, and social justice, with focus on advocacy and community capacity development. The organization has presence in Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. APCASO works on HIV and health financing, and access to affordable medicines. The organization focuses on inclusion of community-centered, human rights-based, and gender-responsive programs to address HIV, TB, and malaria epidemics.