Consultation to provide technical support to WHO for activities related to Key Populations,... Tender

WHO has floated a tender for Consultation to provide technical support to WHO for activities related to Key Populations, HIV and Viral Hepatitis. The project location is Switzerland and the tender is closing on 22 Aug 2018. The tender notice number is 2018/CDS/HIV/010, while the TOT Ref Number is 25646277. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Procurement Summary

Country : Switzerland

Summary : Consultation to provide technical support to WHO for activities related to Key Populations, HIV and Viral Hepatitis

Deadline : 22 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25646277

Document Ref. No. : 2018/CDS/HIV/010

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : WHO
Email: pdifin@who.int
First name: J.
Surname: Peron
Telephone country code: Switzerland (+41)
Telephone number: 0
Switzerland
Email :pdifin@who.int

Tender Details

Tender are invited for Consultation to provide technical support to WHO for activities related to Key Populations, HIV and Viral Hepatitis

Deadline : 22-Aug-2018 17:00 (GMT 2.00)

Published : 07-Aug-2018

Type of Notice : Request for proposal

Beneficiary Country/Territory : Switzerland

Reference : 2018/CDS/HIV/010

Description : The Key Populations and Prevention (KPP) Team works on a range of topics including biomedical prevention such as voluntary medical male circumcision, pre exposure prophylaxis, HIV testing services as well as all that is relevant to HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, diagnosis and treatment for key populations. WHO defines key populations in the context of HIV and viral hepatitis as men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, people in prisons and other closed settings, sex workers and transgender people.



People from key populations are more vulnerable to HIV infection and their engagement is critical to a successful HIV response. In most settings, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who inject drugs, sex workers and people in detention/prison are at higher risk of exposure to HIV than other groups and underserved by existing programmes. Therefore, for an effective HIV response, it is acknowledged that there should be a greater programmatic and policy focus on these populations.



Currently in most countries the focus of the HIV response has been almost exclusively on addressing the general population and in particular the needs of women. There has been an inadequate response in addressing the requirements of key populations in almost all countries and without doing this the potential for a sustainable decrease in HIV incidence will be not be achieved. Although a significant effort has been made to reach people in key populations, the response...

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