Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network

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

China

The Impact of Global Fund on Equity, Financial Protection and Social Assistance Policy Development on HIV/AIDS Families in China

Study Aim

The study aims to assess the extent to which the Global Fund and the government social and health protection policy have met the needs of HIV/AIDS families by comparing provinces that receive interventions with those without.

Themes

Themes include the effects of the Global Fund on:

• Policy changes, programme design & implementation of Global Fund services & government social/health protection programmes including issues of service delivery efficiency, equity and quality
• Experiences of HIV/AIDS-affected families including access to services, sources of support, stigma & coping strategies

Country Team

• Principal Investigator: Xiulan Zhang.
  Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
  

Research Funder

• Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

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.

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