Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network

Researching National and Sub-National Effects of Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives at the Country Level

Kyrgyzstan

Tracking Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives and their impact on health systems in Kyrgyzstan

Study Aim

The study aim is to research the national and sub-national systems effects of the Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) focusing on sub-national scale-up, health systems capacity, coordination and harmonisation, human resources and access and equity. The major focus is on the sub-national level.

Themes

Themes include the effects of Global Health Initiatives on:

Sub-national scale-up

• Trends over time in sub-national scale-up of HIV/AIDS and non-HIV/AIDS services
• The effects of global HIV/AIDS initiatives on HIV/AIDS service quality

Health systems capacity

• Health systems capacity including human resources
• National/sub-national coordination, harmonisation and alignment
• Supply of commodities and equipment

Equitable access

• Institutional/programmatic factors determining HIV service accessibility
• Household/community factors determining HIV service accessibility

Country Team

• Principal Investigator: Gulgun Murzalieva.
  Centre for Health System Development, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  

Research Partners

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

Research Funders

• Open Society Institute (OSI)

Further information can be obtained from Aisling Walsh aislingwalsh@rcsi.ie or from Neil Spicer, neil.spicer@lshtm.ac.uk or from any of the individual country researchers.