HIV/AIDS PREVENTION & CONTROL PROJECT

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The HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project for Guyana is part of the third phase of the Bank's Caribbean Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Adaptable Program Lending (APL) approved in June 2001. (Guyana is the seventh country to obtain support under the APL after Dominican Republic, Barbados, Jamaica, Grenada, St. Kitts, and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.) This project intends to slow the increase of or reverse this trend by: (a) preventing and controlling the transmission of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs); (b) prolonging and improving the quality of life of people living with AIDS; and (c) mitigating the negative impact o f HIVIAIDS on persons infected and affected by the disease. There are three main project components. Component 1 will support institutional capacity building for scaling up the response through financing of technical advisory services, training, staffing, equipment, goods and general operating costs. It also funds monitoring, evaluation, and research, Component 2 supports the scaling up of the response to HIV/ATDS by line ministries, civil society organizations, and the private sector. Component 3 expands health sector prevention, treatment and care services for HIV/AIDS.

FY17 - Health,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

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