Nigeria HIV/AIDS Program Development Project II

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The objective of the Second HIV/AIDS Program Development Project for Nigeria is to reduce the risk of HIV infections by scaling up prevention interventions and to increase access to and utilization of HIV counseling, testing, care and support services. There are three components to the project, the first component of the project being expanding the public sector response. This component will support HIV/AIDS activities in second national strategic framework (2010-2014) carried out by line ministries by strengthening the capacity and ability of selected line ministries and agencies endowed with a central role in fighting HIV/AIDS to scale up and to expand the scope of their ongoing activities. The second component of the project will expand the civil society and private sector response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This component will build on the substantial accomplishments of first project through the provision of support, including technical advisory services, required to revise the current HIV/AIDS fund guidelines with a view to expand and scale up the activities carried out by civil society and private sector organizations to contribute to control the spread of HIV/AIDS across the country. Finally, the third component of the project is the strengthening mechanisms for project coordination and management.