Second Population and AIDS Project

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The Second Population and AIDS Project will seek to contribute to changing the behavior of the Chadian populations so that they will adopt behaviors which will reduce the risk: a) of infection from the HIV, and b) of too closely spaced and/or unwanted pregnancies. The project consists of five components: 1) This component will strengthen the capacities of the six key ministries most likely to have an impact on the evolution of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 2) This component will support strengthening of the two subcomponents of the Fond de Soutien aux Activites de Population (FOSAP), namely: the grants and micro-credits to provide support to associations and nongovernmental organizations intervening in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and education and population. 3) This component will support the existing program of social marketing (MASOCOT): a) the ongoing marketing of condoms and rehydration salts; and b) expansion of the program to new products such as impregnated bed nets that would have an impact on child mortality and morbidity and oral contraceptives. 4) This component will provide support to the implementation of the declaration of population policy. Specifically this component will help the Division of Population to reinforce its managerial capabilities; mainstream Information, Education and Communication and Behavior Change Communication interventions; and disseminate results of operational research in population. 5) This component will support project management.