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Alliance2015 and HIV/AIDS prevention among the Youth: a comprehensive approach? Kwasi Boahene

Alliance2015 and HIV/AIDS prevention among the Youth: a comprehensive approach? Kwasi Boahene Chair, A2015 AIDS Policy Group HIV/AIDS Programme Manager, Hivos.

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Alliance2015 and HIV/AIDS prevention among the Youth: a comprehensive approach? Kwasi Boahene

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  1. Alliance2015 and HIV/AIDS prevention among the Youth: a comprehensive approach? Kwasi Boahene Chair, A2015 AIDS Policy Group HIV/AIDS Programme Manager, Hivos

  2. Resources-Total budget of Alliance 2015 :400m Euro-Budget for HIV/AIDS :10%(incl. resources for mainstreaming)-Countries with AIDS projects : 48-No. of projects : 153 Vision of Alliance 2015Work towards achieving a virus-free generation by 2015

  3. Triangle approach • Leadership - Hold Governments accountable for their actions. - Work towards the UN target of 0.7 percent in ODA with a MDG focus - Enhance community based responses. • Rights • - Fight stigma and discrimination. • - Support vulnerable groups in their fight for human rights. • - Support rapid expansion of access to ARV. • Coherence • - Promote better performance of donors and untying of aid. • - Coherence in rich countries aid, debt and trade policies. • - Promote people-based development planning

  4. Comprehensive Nature Areas of Activity HIV & AIDS Programming Lobby, advocacy & campaigns Poverty alleviation Capacity building Levels of Level Community, regional, national, global Types of partners Cbos, ngos, cso, gov’t, private sector, ‘traditional’ institutions; generalist, aids-focused

  5. Primary Stakeholders- People with HIV/AIDS, dependants, family, relations- Women (esp. poor & pregnant women)- Children, youth, young adults- GLBT: gays, lesbians, bisexual, transgender- Migrants, mobile population, IDP & refugees- Sex workers- Poor urban and rural population

  6. Focus of primary stakeholders Hivos : GLBT, sex workers Ibis : children Concern: poor urban & rural women, men, children Cesvi : pregnant women and babies PIN : youth GAA : youth/young adults

  7. EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITIES ON YOUTH • Lobby, advocacy, campaign • -Act Now or Pay Later Campaign • -2015 Watch Report (2004, 2006) • -Child labour campaign • -Positive Lives Exhibition

  8. HIVOS -In India: education & care to young sex workers, youth & MSM -Namibia: education and empowerment for youth and teachers -Kenya and Serbia: Education through ICT and SMS for youth -South Africa: Access to medicines and rights of PWHA

  9. CESVI -PMCT: At the St Albert District Hospital in Zimbabwe -Launched in 2004; AIDS test - pregnant women rose 200% (3 months) -Now: nearly 60 percent know HIV status at Hospital (20% nation-wide) -Uganda: Treatment to refugees and IDP

  10. Concern -India: education for street children -Malawi and Haiti: research to develop ready- to-use nutritious foods for PWHA *local enterprises to provide food -Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in a humanitarian response -Uganda and Ethiopia: Home-based care; and palliative care with traditional healers

  11. German Agro Action Angola: -Develop farming systems conducive to people weakened by AIDS Burkina Faso: -AIDS awareness -Support for AIDS orphans and families of PWHA

  12. Ibis, PIN, Hivos Northern Namibia -Home-based care and support for OVC -900 volunteers trained as peer educators Ibis Ghana -Community mobilisation -Education for the youth

  13. Zambezia Province (Mozambique) -A joint project of all A2015 members -Local government and NGO partners -Aim: Improving the quality of prevention and care interventions -Focus: Promotion of positive living, behaviour change, advocacy on the rights of people with HIV

  14. Prospects -Enthusiasm -Voluntarism -Tolerance -Innovativeness -New media -Youth advocates, peer educators Challenges -Identifying and maintaining stronger youth orgs -Developing project-related skills -Cultural and social barriers against youth

  15. www.alliance2015.org

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