Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Program

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DHAPP's goal is to maximize program impact by focusing on the drivers of the epidemic specific to the military, and to support the development of interventions and programs to improve HIV prevention, care, and treatment. DHAPP works with country militaries to devise plans based on the following process: • Meet with key partners in country to determine appropriate program focus and other technical assistance requirements. • Adapt DHAPP support for prevention, care and/or treatment of the military’s personnel and families based on an assessment of the country’s epidemic and on its military’s response. • Strengthen the military capacity for developing and executing sustainable HIV programs. • Improve program design by leveraging assets from other donors and with other country partners who have managed successful prevention, care, and/or treatment efforts. • Focus on prevention, care and/or treatment impact aligned with national implementation plans. • Implement, monitor and evaluate programs to ensure efficacy, accountability and sustainability. Countries and their militaries need strong programs with courses of action that demonstrate: • Visible support from the military sector. • Development of plans of action and policies. • Alignment with PEPFAR, as well as national, strategies and priorities. • Increasing HIV awareness and action against HIV within the military sector. • Country military ownership of HIV activities. • Prevention plans focusing on prevention of sexual transmission through voluntary counseling and testing, sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and management, behavioral interventions, reduction of multiple concurrent partnerships, prevention and care of opportunistic infections, male circumcision, changing male normative behaviors, and prevention campaigns focused on high risk personnel and high prevalence areas. • Reduction of mother-to-child transmission. • Stigma reduction associated with HIV infection. • Surveillance and infrastructure development through programs focusing on HIV/STI/tuberculosis surveillance, prevalence surveys, laboratory support, monitoring and evaluation, training, and strategic information management. • Increasing and leveraging financial and other resources. The DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP), based at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, California, provides technical assistance, management, and administrative support of the global HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment for foreign militaries. DHAPP administers funding, conducts training, and provides technical assistance to participating militaries. In addition, DHAPP staff serve on most of the PEPFAR Technical Working Groups and Core Teams through the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. DHAPP provides HIV program execution and monitors outcomes. More information about countries in which DHAPP currently operates and existing DHAPP programs can be found on the DHAPP website: http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nhrc/dhapp/background/Pages/default.aspx

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