Botswana
National HIV/AIDS Prevention
 Description                                                       Development Challenge
 Purpose: To increase the coverage, efficiency, and                The Botswana HIV/AIDS epidemic is diverse, with the highest
 sustainability of targeted and evidence-based                     infection rates occurring in the northern areas of the country.
 HIV/AIDS interventions.                                           Prevention is the weakest element of the national response to
 Expected Results (include): Increased efficiency in               HIV/AIDS. In 2010, 22.5% of the population (473,000 people)
 Botswana’s HIV/AIDS program through improved
                                                                   was in the 15-24 age demographic.
 coordination and increased focus on, and better
 targeting of, prevention activities. The monitoring and
 evaluation will include additional survey data for
 target populations aged 15-19 and 20-24. National
 coordination including strengthened accountability                Project Description
 and financial management.                                         The project supports improvements in the National AIDS
 IBRD Financing: $50 million                                       Coordinating Agency's management and coordination
                                                                   capacity; and funds HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation
                                                                   activities. These include in-school and teacher training,
                                                                   providing mobile antiretroviral clinics for the largest prisons,
                                                                   educational and rehabilitation efforts for orphans and other
                                                                   vulnerable children and strengthening programs for mobile
                                                                   populations, including truck drivers and women involved in
                                                                   transactional sex.




                                    © Masaru Goto / World Bank

For more information:
http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P102299/botswana-national-hivaids-prevention-support-project?lang=en
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