BR: AIDS CONTROL

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The overall objectives of the project are the following: (a) to reduce the incidence and transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); and (b) to strengthen public and private institutions responsible for STD and HIV/AIDs control. As a public health problem with serious negative externalities, the Brazilian government must mobilize resources for raising awareness, reaching groups engaged in high-risk behaviors to promote behavior change, and establishing a functioning infrastructure to cope with the epidemic. The project will put in place a set of institutions and activities that: (i) define a basic program for HIV and STD prevention, and identify what interventions work best; (ii) develop an adequately equipped and technically trained cadre of health professionals able to diagnose, treat and deliver social services to HIV/AIDS patients; (iii) establish effective surveillance for HIV/AIDS and its corollary illnesses (e.g., STDs and tuberculosis); and, finally, (iv) can be sustained by the states and municipalities. The project has four components: (a) prevention; (b) treatment services; (c) institutional development; and (d) surveillance, research and evaluation.