China Anti-AIDS NGO Alliance to be established this year

By our reporter (Zeng Lingqiao) - Under the support of the China-UK "CHARTS" project, the China STI/AIDS Prevention and Control Association is currently setting up the China NGO (Non-government organization) AIDS Prevention and Control Information exchange platform, and plans to establish the China AIDS Prevention and Control NGO Alliance later this year. After it is formed, the NGO Alliance will coordinate China's NGO resources, and will coordinate and make overall plans for NGOs to participate in domestic and international AIDS control programmes, and increase the impact of all Chinese NGO's efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

According to the China STI/AIDS Prevention and Control Association, NGOs have already become an important strength in China's AIDS control work, with the benefit of being charitable in nature, flexible, having direct contact (with people), and being active in the AIDS control community. However, at present the number of NGOs, the human and other material resources available to NGOs in China is insufficient, and the ability to work independently, management system, information exchange and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms could all use improvement. It is urgently needed to work through a unified alliance structure to have a planned adjustment of NGO activities, strengthening of information exchange and sharing, and rational distribution of limited funds, and overall strengthening of NGOs through trainings.