- Author
- AusAID - Australian Agency for International Development
- Title
- Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Project: Project Design Document
- Imprint
- AusAID, Canberra, October 2001, 101 pp
- Description
Reproduced with kind permission of AusAID.
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"In July 2000, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs announced a six-year A$200 million Global HIV/AIDS Initiative. Launching of this initiative coincided with calls within Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for greater commitment of resources to address HIV/AIDS as the epidemic threatens Asia’s economic development. In January/February 2001, a Project Identification Mission (PIM) visited seven countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Burma, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. The PIM identified and assessed possible areas of, and mechanisms for, Australian assistance. Meetings were held with regional organisations, partner government representatives and national AIDS programs, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, international and local non-government organisations and AusAID posts. Based on these discussions, the PIM team recommended further feasibility and design work focus on a regional Project built around one priority issue, drug use and HIV vulnerability. In July 2001, AusAID contracted a Feasibility and Design Study (FDS) team to assess the feasibility of
such a Project and, if found feasible, prepare a design. The team consisted of an AusAID design specialist, three specialists in HIV/AIDS and injecting drug use issues, and two HIV/AIDS policy analysts. The FDS team visited China (Beijing, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province), Burma and Viet Nam and consulted with relevant United Nations agencies and international nongovernment organisations in Bangkok plus the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. In-country consultations included discussions with national and provincial Ministries of Health, Public Security/Police, Justice, Planning and relevant international, national and provincial agencies. Non-government organisations and other stakeholders - for example, ex drug users and injecting drug users, female commercial sex workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS - were also consulted. Participatory meetings in each country discussed
and reviewed the regional and national context and confirmed the need for a Project to address effective approaches to HIV prevention among drug users.
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Countries
- Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
- China, People's Republic of China (PRC)
- Myanmar
- Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam