"Saksham" which means augmenting capabilities, is a flagship initiative of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) since 2008 to support the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India in its in its fight against HIV and TB. Saksham focuses on strengthening the psycho social response of
"Saksham" which means augmenting capabilities, is a flagship initiative of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) since 2008 to support the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India in its in its fight against HIV and TB. Saksham focuses on strengthening the psycho social response of both the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) as well as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP). Saksham was a Principal Recipient (PR) under the Global Fund Round-7 with the NACP and Developed and implemented Capacity Building process for strengthening HIV counselling across India and continues to undertake projects with Global Fund grants to support the MoHFW , uninterrupted since 2008. Over its nearly two-decade history, Saksham has diligently cultivated its expertise in implementation and capacity building, particularly in the realm of psychosocial aspects of health. Saksham is also an apt example of a sustainable health intervention project that has three other notable features to its credit. It is a successful model of public-public partnership where the govt – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has successfully partnered with a public funded University (TISS), and a consortium of academic partners has led the fight against TB and HIV at the community level and provided critical evidence for what works. The third credit is on account of successfully transferring learnings of one national program to another – from HIV prevention to TB control. India has few such examples to show case.