Gilead Sciences announced the launch of the 2019 Gilead Asia Pacific Rainbow Grants programme to support community-led programs for people living with HIV in the Asia Pacific region. This is Gliead’s CSR Campaign for the first time, non-governmental or advocacy organizations in India are invited to submit their applications for funding online at the Gilead Grant Portal. This year’s grants program seeks to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV by focusing on three priority areas – access and quality of life, multidisciplinary care, diversity and inclusion.

Gilead has expanded the grants program to 18 countries or territories in the region – nearly doubling the geographic scope from last year’s program. More than US$ 1 million was awarded to 28 organisations across 10 countries or territories last year.

What is Gilead’s Asia Pacific Rainbow Grants program:

Gilead’s Asia Pacific Rainbow Grants program is one way that Gilead work with community groups and support projects that place people at the center of care. Gilead look forward to supporting organizations in the region, to help enable people living with HIV reach their fullest potential each day and live a fulfilling life. This grants programme will help civil society organizations in India further their efforts in improving HIV management and positively impact the care and support for local community members living with HIV.

Gilead Sciences is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need.