On 16 August 2019, the Board of The
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved a US$6.5
Million Multi-country Caribbean grant for PANCAP-CVC-COIN. The CARICOM
Secretariat will serve as the Principal Recipient while PANCAP, CVC and
COIN will serve as Sub-Recipients. CARPHA, PAHO and CENESEX in Cuba are
Sub-sub-recipients.

The grant, titled “Sustainability of services
for key populations in the Caribbean” commenced 1 October 2019 and will
end on 30 September 2022. Men who have sex with men (MSM), Sex workers
and Transgender people are direct beneficiaries of the grant which will
be shared by ten counties, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname and the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Goal of the grant is to
provide sustainable prevention, treatment and care services for Key
Populations in the Caribbean Region.