HIV/AIDS GLOBAL MITIGATION SUPPORT PROJECT

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The HIV/AIDS Global Mitigation Support Project will support the Government in mainstreaming program activities to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and other non-health Government agencies, at national and local levels, and making better use of community and civil society organizations, such as churches, trade unions, and private businesses, and, be a catalyst in helping the Government obtain resources to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The focus will be on basic infrastructure development, and human resources for an expanded, and multi-sectoral response, knowledge sharing, and systems strengthening. The community and civil society initiatives, and capacity building component, will focus on social mobilization and community responsiveness to HIV/AIDS. Funds will prod the expansion and strengthening of HIV/AIDS activities among community-based organizations, and civil society associations, including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector entities. Groups receiving funds include: persons living with HIV/AIDS, hospital workers, orphans, youth, commercial sex workers, and truck drivers, and the most vulnerable groups. The second component will comprise a fund to scale up, and strengthen prevention, care, support and mitigation of the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS, through programs/activities of the public sector. It will support public sector institutions in protecting their own personnel from the impact of HIV/AIDS. The institutional development for program management component, will support the National AIDS Council (NAC), and the Secretariat (NAS) in NAC's advocacy, and leadership for the multi-sectoral response to HIV/AIDS, namely through a semiannual, one-day information workshop, whereas coordination mandate, technical support, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation, will be provided to NAS. Project management will further support incremental operating costs, and capacity building activities.