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The HAPA technical advisory group (TAG) The members of the committee that reviewed initial project proposals were invited to continue to serve as members of the HAPA technical advisory group (TAG), and most continued in that capacitv. Areas of expertise represented by the nine TAG members included anthropology, t;\e31uation, health education, family planning, communication, epidemiology, child survival, Africa public health programs, PVO support/institutional development and HIVIAIDS prevention programs. A key function of the group continued to be review of project documents. The TAG participated in three meetings specifically for the purpose of review and discussion of HAPA grants project reports (DIPs, midterm progress reports and final evaluations). HSP staff provided TAG members copies of reports from all the projects, but assigned each TAG member two specific project reports to review in writing and orally during the TAG meetings. Following the meetings, TAG comments were compiled, edited and sent to field and headquarters staff. Follow-up discussions were held with staff of most of the projects regarding the TAG comments. In addition to meetings. for the review of reports, the TAG also met approximately once yearly for briefings by Africa Bureau staff and discussions of topics relevant to the larger HAPA project. At those meetings they also reviewed various documents prepared by HSP staff and provided general feedback on HSP activities. Individual TAG members also provided support to HSP in other ways. One member prepared a set of guidelines for field projects on the gathering and use of qualitative data for evaluation; and two members were able to visit field project in the course of country visits for related purposes. Management offield reports The HAPA grantees submitted reports to HSP and A.I.D. as outlined above, as well as brief quarterly technical reports. The HAPA TAG reviewed all reports, except for the quarterly summaries, and the staff of HSP then prepared a written summary of their comments and communicated this feedback to the field. Guidelines for the preparation of all reports were developed by HSP with the assistance and collaboration of PVO staff. In most cases, the PVOs were invited to comment on drafts of the guidelines before they were made final. Development and provision ofinfonnation and consultant resources by HSP One of the support activities undertaken by the HSP was to provide the HAPA project field staff with resource materials relevant to international mY/AIDS prevention. HSP maintained a fue of written materials, including books, articles, educational brochures, posters, training manuals and miscellaneous other materials related to mY/AIDs. Through periodic mailings to the field and pva headquarters staff, the HAPA projects were kept abreast of information pertaining to HIV/AIDS prevention. In addition, these materials were also made available to others on request. 71
HSP also authored a quarterly newsletter, entitled The HAPA Grants Program Update, which informed readers of recent activities undertaken by the HAPA projects by including summaries of their quarterly reports. The newsletter kept the field projects, PVO headquarters staff, TAG members and pertinent A.I.D. personnel apprised of both field and HAPA Support Program operations. Another resource made available by HSP to the pva headquarters and field staff was a data base of consultants available to provide technical assistance to the HAPA projects. Consultants were considered for the data base if they had expertise and experience in at least two of the following areas: international public health programs in Africa, work with international PVOs and NGOs, and mvIAIDS prevention. Whenever possible, HSP tried to refer the HAPA projects to Africa-based consultants possessing skills in the above areas. The HSP shared information about PVO/NGO experiences in HIVIAIDS prevention in Africa with donor agencies and the broader international health community on an ongoing basis, through presenting at professional conferences, ",. riting articles for HNIAIDS-related publications, editing and publication of the workshop proceedings from the Zimbabwe field conference, and attending numerous meetings, held both domestically and internationally. An especially important source of collaboration and networking with the U.S. pva community was through the AIDS project of the National Council for International Health. This report represents an effort to summarize the experience of the HAPA grants program, and make available the lessons and legacies of that experience to the international community responding to mvIAIDS. 72
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Lessons & Legacies The Final Report
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