Activity Support Facility

The aim of the Activity Support Facility (ASF) currently focuses on supporting capacity building and leadership within regional organisations and their constituencies through the implementation of pilot interventions such as support networks for women and families living with HIV and AIDS. The desired outcome being increased knowledge of HIV and AIDS and leadership within organisations at all levels.

In order to access the ASF, the Project Management Office (PMO) and technical advisors assist local organisations to design funding proposals. Proposals, then, undergo technical review by experts, before being submitted to the Project Working Group (PWG) for approval. Once approved by the PWG, implementing agencies are required to develop an implementation plan which is then reviewed collaboratively by the implementing agency and the PMO every three months.

By the end of December 2007, 46 Projects have been funded. 24 of these projects are from the health sector and 22 from the non-health sector. Of these, 14 projects have been completed and closed, six projects have completed all designed activities and submitted Project Completion Reports for approval, and the other 26 projects are still being implemented.

The current status of the 46 funded projects is as follows:

1. Harm Reduction and Care in Yining City
   


2. Establishment of the Red Ribbon Centre in Urumqi
   


3. Improving Training and Practice for Clinical Nursing
   


4. Mosque-based Interventions to Reduce HIV/AIDS Related Stigma and Improved Access to Care
   


5. Promoting Condom Use among Commercial Sex Workers through Condom Promotion and Peer Education
   


6. Comprehensive Survey of the Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Kashgar
   


7. HIV/AIDS Curriculum Development for Medical Students
   


8. Two Levels of HIV/AIDS Education for Education Leaders and Teachers in Urumqi, Yili and Kashgar
   


9. Conducting Health Education on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Women's Federation System
   


10. Condom Social Marketing in Tianshan District of Urumqi
    


11. HIV/AIDS Awareness raising and prevention in Re-education through Labour Systems In Xinjiang
    


12. Improving Capacity of Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS in Kashgar Prefecture
    


13. Conducting training for police on prevention of occupational exposure and for inmates of detoxification centre on health education in Kashgar Prefecture
    


14. Conducting community-based health education on HIV/AIDS in Kashgar City
    


15. Conducting HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care and Capacity Building in Regional Prison System
    


16. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Kashgar Prefecture No. 1 People's Hospital
    


17. Expanded Needle and Syringe Program
    


18. Improving Capacity of Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS in Yili Prefecture
    


19. Harm Reduction and Community Care in Liu Dao Wan and Ba Gang Communities
    


20. A Comprehensive Response to HIV/AIDS in the Narcotic Control System