Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) Project: An Expanded Response to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic

This 13-page document describes the key technical strategies of IMPACT, an HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and mitigation project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Family Health International. The document presents the IMPACT team's strategic approach to mounting an expanded response to reduce HIV/AIDS transmission and mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

The IMPACT team shapes its strategic approach with the insights gained from experience in HIV/ STI prevention and care, and applies global lessons learned that reflect the changing nature of the pandemic. The project's key intervention strategies are to:

• reduce risk and vulnerability to HIV.
• strengthen HIV/AIDS care and support.
• support the public and private sectors and communities for a sustainable response.
• improve the availability and use of data for decision-making.

These strategies drive an expanded response to the pandemic designed to involve all sectors of society in giving people the knowledge, skills and support they need to prevent HIV transmission and to help those who are already infected or affected by the virus.

Through these strategies, IMPACT addresses sexual and non-sexual transmission of HIV, including unsafe handling of blood, injecting drug use and mother-to-child transmission. It also puts greater emphasis on intervening at multiple levels to make social norms, health services, and political and economic environments more supportive of individual behaviour change.