Private Sector Partnership Project - Zimbabwe - Abt Associates
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<strong>Private</strong> <strong>Sector</strong> <strong>Partnership</strong> <strong>Project</strong> - <strong>Zimbabwe</strong><br />
The <strong>Private</strong> <strong>Sector</strong> <strong>Partnership</strong> <strong>Project</strong> is a five-year task order under the <strong>Private</strong> <strong>Sector</strong><br />
<strong>Partnership</strong>s (PSP) Indefinite Quantity Contract, funded by the U.S. Agency for International<br />
Development, and is designed to reduce the risk of sexual transmission of the HIV virus by<br />
promoting behavior change through improved<br />
knowledge and increased access to HIV-related<br />
products and services. While focusing on specific<br />
technical areas in support of the national strategic<br />
framework developed by the Ministry of Health and<br />
Child Welfare (MOHCW), the <strong>Partnership</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
seeks to maximize the use of private not-for-profit and<br />
for-profit partners in the implementation of project<br />
activities. The project promotes <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>an<br />
ownership of the HIV crisis and its solutions while<br />
developing the capacity of local organizations to<br />
continue and expand this work in the future.<br />
As a key component of the project, the <strong>Partnership</strong><br />
Fund has been established as a grant mechanism that<br />
allows for the development of strong, cost-effective<br />
partnerships with local <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>an organizations as<br />
important partners and implementers of <strong>Partnership</strong><br />
<strong>Project</strong> activities. Through the <strong>Partnership</strong> Fund, the<br />
project works directly with numerous local<br />
organizations from <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>an not-for-profit and for-profit sectors and ensures that they play a<br />
major role in the implementation of planned activities and achievement of programmatic results.<br />
Principal Activities<br />
The project focuses on two major priority areas:<br />
• Improve the breadth and depth of <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>ans’ knowledge about HIV/AIDS and support of<br />
related actions and activities to promote behaviors that prevent its spread and mitigate its impact<br />
• Provide support to dramatically scale-up HIV testing and counseling in order to increase the<br />
number of <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>ans who know their HIV status and enable them to take appropriate actions,<br />
ranging from personal risk reduction to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)<br />
and antiretroviral therapy (ART)<br />
Client: USAID<br />
Duration: 2005-2010<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Team:<br />
<strong>Abt</strong> <strong>Associates</strong> Inc. (prime)<br />
Banyan Global<br />
Family Health International<br />
Population Services<br />
International<br />
Progress to Date<br />
To support these priority areas, the <strong>Abt</strong> <strong>Associates</strong> team is developing and implementing a broad-based<br />
communications portfolio focusing on behavior change messages, and the marketing of specific HIV/<br />
AIDS products and services. The team is also providing support for the MOHCW’s transition to a<br />
provider-initiated approach in HIV testing and counseling services, and to identify individuals eligible<br />
to receive a comprehensive HIV and AIDS package of prevention, care, and treatment services. In<br />
addition, the project supports the continued development of post-test HIV service delivery, and provides<br />
technical assistance in the design and implementation of strategies for strengthening the provision of<br />
family planning services within PMTCT programs.
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