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UNICEF HIV/AIDS Innovation Fund Introduction
UNICEF HIV/AIDS Innovation Fund Introduction
We invite you to join us in the next phase of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
THE NEED FOR A NEW WAY FORWARD
Working together toward an HIV-free generation
adolescents become newly infected each year. Vast segments of affected populations —
especially women and children — are not being reached by current approaches to
prevention and treatment. At the same time, the funding gap between what is needed to respond
to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and what is available continues to grow, reaching $10 billion
in 2010. There is an urgent need for a re-energized response to HIV/AIDS — to bring low-cost,
Reduce new infant infection by 90% Reduce new youth infection by 30%
How it works:
UNICEF sources the most The Fund incubates UNICEF works with governments,
innovative ideas these ideas, NGOs, academia, and multilateral
with the power to address
— providing financing partners to bring the most
unmet needs and hard-to-reach successful projects to
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and expertise through
populations — from experts the pilot phase. scale, breaking bottlenecks,
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and partners working in boosting capacity, and encourag-
more than 150 countries. ing new commitments.
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The Fund’s Advisory Funders and partners receive
Committee recommends narrative and financial reports
the highest- helping them monitor
potential investments and continually
projects align funding with the
most effective
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for seed funding.
innovations.
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KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVATION FUND
Rapid, flexible resources building a pathway to scale
• Transparent criteria and process for selection of projects, including defined metrics for
measuring success/impact.
• Provision of rapid, flexible resources during the early stages of a project’s life cycle, building
a pathway to scale up by governments and donors.
• Advisory Committee comprised of HIV experts and lead funders working together
to recommend the highest-potential projects for seed funding.
• Five year initial phase from 2011 to 2015, with annual review of results and impact.
INNOVATION FUND TARGET AREAS FOR INVESTMENT
Investing for impact
• IIdentify specific bottlenecks to be addressed and show how the project can help change
the HIV/AIDS landscape.
• Use existing global and national data and indicators to measure projects’ success.
RapidSMS improves access to HIV test results and services for women and infants
Bottleneck
Transportation barriers and logistical delays lead to slow reporting
If positive, child starts treatment
of HIV test results, delaying Early Infant Diagnosis and inhibiting 13
If negative, child retested in 6 mos.
Solution
Baby born to HIV+ mother
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Mother is
SMS
RapidSMS mobile phone technology increases the number of 11
contacted System
infants accurately tested for HIV and drastically reduces parents’ Results processed and
sent to clinic via SMS
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wait time for results. Results received by
clinic worker & logged
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Lab receives
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DBS Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
Benefits 3
Samples packed
&1 logged 5 Samples transported
and sends to Lab
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• Speed — Wait time for test results cut from months to days. Dried Blood Spot (DBS)
to district Hub Clinic
Rajesh Anandan
Vice President, Corporate,
Foundation & Sports Partnerships
U. S. Fund for UNICEF
(212) 992-2646
ranandan@unicefusa.org
Colleen Galbraith
Manager, Corporate Partnerships
U. S. Fund for UNICEF
(212) 922-2635
cgalbraith@unicefusa.org