PATH: Advancing Injectable Markets for Sustainability Fund
Funding
Deadline: Friday, 13 February 2026, apply here
Amount: Up to US$200,000 for a 9-month award period
An initiative of the Advancing Injectable Markets for Sustainability (AIMS) project, the AIMS Fund provides resources for key activities to advance countries along the DMPA-SC self-injection (SI) pathway and/or support private sector market development. The Fund supports local organizations whose headquarters are located in an African country, Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan to fill gaps that are impeding a country’s progression through the phases of market development for DMPA-SC SI.
The Fund focuses on the three core goals listed below. Applicants must select one goal and implement activities in a country eligible for that category.
Goal 1: Support DMPA-SC/SI market entry in new countries
AIMS strategic priorities: Development of SI policy, inclusion of SI content into service delivery guidelines, development of introduction and scale-up plan, advocacy for evidence-based task-shifting/task-sharing policies, develop master training/training-of-trainers and provider training materials.
Eligible countries: Angola, Bangladesh, India, and Tanzania.
Goal 2: Support DMPA-SC/SI public sector market advancement for countries in intro/launch and early growth phases
AIMS strategic priorities: Health management information system indicator update workshops/validation and rollout, pre-service curricula updates to include DMPA-SC/SI content, integration of DMPA-SC/SI into national supportive supervision checklist, data quality improvement activities, master training/training-of-trainers for SI scale-up, development of task-shifting/task-sharing policy for community health workers (CHWs), provider training to unlock new geographies, demand generation.
Eligible countries: Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, and Zambia.
Goal 3: Advance private sector introduction and scale-up for DMPA-SC/SI
AIMS strategic priorities: Development of task-shifting/task-sharing policy for pharmacies or drug shops, support introduction in new channels, client demand generation.
Eligible countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.