Implementing Multiple Gender Strategies to Improve HIV and ... - ICRW
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Partner<br />
Organizations<br />
Implementation partners:<br />
• Côte d’Ivoire Ministries, including Ministry of Defense; Ministry of<br />
Interior Security; Ministry of Environment, Water Resources <strong>and</strong><br />
Forests; Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of the Fight Against AIDS;<br />
Ministry of Transportation; Ministry of Tourism <strong>and</strong> H<strong>and</strong>icrafts<br />
• Network of Ivorian Associations Living with <strong>HIV</strong> (RIP+)<br />
• Caritas Côte d’Ivoire<br />
• Ivorian Agency for Social Marketing (AIMAS)<br />
• Espoir Fanci<br />
• Epouses des Militaires de Côte d'Ivoire (AEMCI)<br />
• Bouake Eveil<br />
• Lumière Action Korogho<br />
• ADA Man<br />
• Pompon Rouge<br />
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for<br />
Communication Programs (JHU/CCP)<br />
• Jhpiego<br />
• Family Health International (FHI)<br />
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation<br />
• Academy for Educational Development (AED)<br />
• International <strong>HIV</strong>/AIDS Alliance<br />
• ACONDA<br />
• HOPE worldwide<br />
Evaluation partners:<br />
• Cabinet de Consultants Associés C.Y. (CCACY)<br />
IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS<br />
Start-up <strong>and</strong><br />
Implementation<br />
Process<br />
The support of unformed personnel hierarchies is essential for program<br />
work with this target population. Sites, including military camps, were<br />
selected in collaboration with the related Ministries <strong>and</strong> unformed personnel<br />
branches. OHP then worked with the branches <strong>to</strong> develop criteria for<br />
training participants. Senior military personnel identified liaison officers <strong>and</strong><br />
site supervisors <strong>to</strong> plan <strong>and</strong> implement activities.<br />
Peer educa<strong>to</strong>rs were identified <strong>and</strong> trained, <strong>and</strong> receive yearly refresher<br />
trainings from trained unformed personnel. Uniformed personnel as well as<br />
members of the Military Wives Association have been trained as trainers,<br />
<strong>and</strong> OHP’s national trainers are used when the unformed personnel<br />
trainers are unavailable. When a peer educa<strong>to</strong>r departs, a replacement is<br />
trained.<br />
Messages are evidence-based <strong>and</strong> appropriately targeted <strong>to</strong> address<br />
desired behavior change outcomes. Key partners, including the armed<br />
services <strong>and</strong> PEPFAR, have validated OHP’s moni<strong>to</strong>ring <strong>and</strong> evaluation<br />
<strong>to</strong>ols. Baseline <strong>and</strong> follow-up survey findings are conducted <strong>to</strong> ensure the<br />
program is maximizing resources <strong>and</strong> health impact.<br />
OHP partnered with local nongovernmental organizations <strong>to</strong> ensure<br />
provision of services that it cannot offer. For example, OHP provides<br />
information on antiretroviral treatment facilities in the area for <strong>HIV</strong> care <strong>and</strong><br />
treatment.<br />
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