Adapting the Way We Work

Over the past year, APMG has developed a sophisticated and reliable system for continuing work and meeting deadlines amidst the travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, we have built on our long-time engagement of and partnership with experts and implementers in the global south, and further enhanced our methods of pairing global public health experts with local public health experts in implementing countries. 

Using supportive web-based tools, clear frameworks of responsibility, and technology platforms for remote real-time engagement, we have successfully paired global and host country-national experts to conduct 15 unique country program evaluations and multiple other assessment and technical assistance assignments. This system and our experience implementing ensures our ability to complete projects within required timeframes, regardless of fluctuations in global health security.

Bringing Best PracticeS to the Response

• Eastern Europe & Central Asia Technical support for contingency planning of sustainable provision of HIV services to key populations during and after COVID-19 in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan (Alliance for Public Health, present)

• Global Enhanced Community Engagement in Health project Guidance Package for Community-Led Organizations: to assist CLOs in incorporating their HIV response work into the response to the COVID-19, including securing community financing (UNAIDS, present)

• Global Evaluation of the Global Fund’s investments in HIV, TB and malaria programs in over 50 Focused Countries, to include: A Global Report that analyzes the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 countries’ ability to sustain national HIV and Tuberculosis programs (Global Fund, 2020)