The participation of LGBT community both in services delivery and strategy development within national HIV responses demonstrated to improve the quality of projects funded by the Global Fund and national HIV/AIDS programs in general.
Case studies of participation of LGBT representatives in the Global Fund supported projects, collected by ECOM, show what helps and what hinders meaningful community engagement and how coordination between community organizations and governmental officials could be developed and strengthened.
You can get acquainted with cases from Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine, governmental agencies and community organizations in our publication.