Grenada: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

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The Government of Grenada's HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project is funded under the Multi-Country APL for the Caribbean Region, with the following objectives: 1) curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic; 2) reducing the morbidity and mortality attributed to HIV/AIDS; 3) improving the quality of life for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs); and 4) developing a sustainable organizational and institutional framework for managing the HIV/AIDS epidemic over the longer term. There are four project components. The first component identifies areas of systematic discrimination, introduces measures prohibiting discrimination and human rights denial, promotes behavioral change, maintains people's awareness of HIV/AIDS risks and protection measures as well as safe sex practices, and launches a major schools initiative, resorts to non-traditional practices, wages mass media campaigns, and conducts special presentations. The second component supports clinical preventive interactions for reducing and controlling HIV/AIDS; clinical management of sexually transmitted diseases, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, and blood bank and laboratories quality control. The third component upgrades current services available for providing care to PLWA, and for treatment, including introducing triple anti-retroviral therapy; and finances manuals and staff training. The fourth component funds institutional development, management, and surveillance.