Three Diseases Fund

The Three Diseases Fund (3DF) is preparing a third round of grants to a total amount of US$14 million.

The 3DF will shortly seek qualified project proposals to contribute to the national response in the three diseases in the communities in the Union of Myanmar.

Interested organizations will kindly be invited to submit their best technical and financial proposal for the activities described in a Request for Proposals (RfP).

Eligible organizations will be required to provide evidence of their authorization to work in Myanmar (Memorandum of Understanding and/or registration).

Tentative schedule

Launch of the RfP on 8 July 2009 with a closing date of 24 August 2009.

You are a beneficiary of a health service provided with financial support from the Three Diseases Fund or working with beneficiaries at grassroots level. As part of our commitment to improve our support to a diversity of international NGOs, UN agencies, independent local and community-based organizations and the services they provide to beneficiaries, your opinion is important to us.

The information collated from this feedback mechanism will be confidential and acted upon within the fund management as part of our continuous improvement efforts.

Current opportunities at the Three Diseases Fund
Evaluation experts for Round III

Please also refer to UNOPS website.

Current vacancies at UNOPS

The Fund has granted total US$41 million over the last two years (2007-2009) to more than 30 partners including 11 local and 15 international non-governmental organizations and 5 UN agencies. The 3DF Round I of grants is now in its third year of operation, and a Round II targeting independent local and community-based organizations was signed in January 2008. A Round III to supplement and scale up services funded in Round I is in preparation.

Governance and management arrangements
The Fund Board (FB) has responsibility to: i) maintain a policy dialogue with the Coordination Body for the three diseases; ii) monitor the risk assessment; iii) commission (and be involved in) external mid-term and final reviews of the Fund; and, iv) receive the Fund’s annual reports and audits.

The Three Diseases Fund (3DF) aims to reduce the burden of communicable disease mortality and morbidity for Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria and HIV and AIDS in Burma/Myanmar. Supported by Australia, the European Commission (EC), the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK), the 3DF pledged US$100 million over 5 years with 60% for HIV and AIDS, 20 % for TB and 20% for malaria. Activities supported by the Fund target vulnerable and under-served population groups, especially those living in remote and inaccessible areas and those most at risk of the three diseases. Formally established on 12 October 2006, the 3DF has superseded the Fund for HIV/AIDS in Myanmar (FHAM) and filled urgent needs following the withdrawal of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFTAM).

In 2007 grants amounting total US$21 million were provided by the 3DF to 23 implementing partners drawn from UN agencies and International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs) to work with local community-based and non-governmental organizations and professional associations to deliver and scale up provision of health services to address the three diseases. These grants were renewed for a second year from May and September 2008.

In a signing ceremony held in Yangon on 16 January in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Health (MoH), eight local non-governmental organizations delivering services in Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV and AIDS at community level received additional grants of maxium US$70,000 each, which brings the number of implementing partners to more than 30 international and local agencies.