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Localized Care in a Digital Age
Venus Tsang, Senior Director of Public Affairs, Asia, at Gilead, discusses the Rainbow Grant program with a focus on grant recipient The Society for AIDS Care Hong Kong.
GLOBAL PATIENT ADVOCACY
Supporting Local Communities in the Asia Pacific Region
Addressing health disparities by supporting organizations working to improve education and reduce stigma around HIV.
Using Technology to Address Cultural Stigmas
Between 2018 and 2019, the Rainbow Grant program supported 67 projects across the Asia Pacific region, including The Society for AIDS Care Hong Kong. With its innovative mobile app, the organization leverages technology to remove longstanding cultural barriers to HIV education, support and resources.
The Goal:
Provide information about HIV transmission and prevention while fostering community acceptance.
How It Works:
The app empowers youth to seek care and resources without making themselves more vulnerable to cultural stigmas.
What’s Next:
Continue to eliminate discrimination by encouraging young people to utilize the app for resources and support.
Addressing Local Challenges
HIV is a global issue, and different communities require different approaches to outreach and care. In the APAC region, cultural stigmas present significant barriers to getting tested for HIV. And people living with HIV face challenges accessing basic healthcare services including testing, mental health and well-being programs.
In 2017 in the APAC region, there were:
5.2 million
people living with HIV*
280,000
new HIV infections**
1.47 million
people who did not know they were living with HIV***
*UNAIDS Estimates 2018
**UNAIDS (2017) “Ending AIDS: Progress towards the 90-90-90 Targets”
***UNAIDS (2018) Data Book
Helping Provide Access and Education
We partner with community alliances, NGOs, governments and local businesses to work on programs that help people living with HIV live longer and healthier lives through:
Access Improving access to care by helping eliminate barriers and advance education.
Multidisciplinary Care Enhancing capacity-building for multidisciplinary professions and long-term care.
Diversity & Inclusion Tackling discriminatory policies, unjust workplace practices and HIV social stigma.
"The goal of our community-based programs is to provide life-changing opportunities at local and regional levels, but on a global scale."
Venus Tsang, Senior Director of Public Affairs, Asia, at Gilead
We're Ready for What's Next
The work is already underway. Read Gilead’s 2019 Year in Review to learn more.