Advancing SRHR in
the Post-2015 Agenda
Advancing SRHR in
the Post-2015 Agenda
APA ANNUAL REPORT 2014
NATIONAL GRANTS
APA provides advocacy grants to its primary members for nationallevel advocacy in the region, and to encourage strategic and targeted
campaigns to increase resources and improve policies.
The 11th cycle of the APA Advocacy Grants Programme, ‘Country Action in Asia and the Pacific for
SRHR in the Post-2015 Framework’, aims to strengthen the collective global agenda by working at
the national and regional levels to ensure that SRHR targets and indicators are included in the post2015 framework. It is also to ensure that governments take immediate steps to adopt these in national
frameworks after the new Sustainable Development Goals are announced in September 2015 to ensure
appropriate implementation. In the 11th cycle, APA will provide three grant awards to members at a
maximum of USD 20,000 each. Grant activities are planned to take place between March 2015 and
March 2016.
An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has been established and tasked to review, assess and comment
on grant proposals based on set criteria. APA wishes to sincerely thank Elisha Dunn-Georgiou,
Vice President of Programs, PAI; Katherine McDonald, Member of the Board, ACSHR; and
Dr Srinivas Tata, Chief of the Social Policy and Population Section, SDD, UN Economic and Social
Commission Asia Pacific (ESCAP) for serving on the IRP.
APA ANNUAL REPORT 2014
STRENGTHENING THE
EVIDENCE BASE
Advocacy is more powerful and effective when it is supported by reliable
data, and APA produces research to increase the evidence base to
strengthen its work.
Making
Sexual and
Reproductive
Health and
Rights Count:
Evidence from
Two States
in India
A PA i n c o o p e r a t i o n
with the Netherlands
Interdisciplinary
Demographic Institute
(NIDI) undertook research
to examine more closely
India’s commitment to
health spending through
data collection and
analysis. Given India’s
international commitment
to ICPD and to the MDGs,
the study examines patterns of spending specifically on sexual and reproductive health and compares
findings of two different states, Bihar and Karnataka. By adopting a National Health Accounts (NHA)
framework, it investigates the changing pattern of financing for SRH at the state level. The research will
be launched in 2015.
APA wishes to thank to the researchers who undertook the study: Sarit Kumar Rout, Jalandhar Pradhan
and Sarmistha Choudhury. APA also wishes to acknowledge member, Population Foundation of India
(PFI), for reviewing the draft report.
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