Zimbabwe project 613-0237 · 1993 · health systems, policy and finance

Project to reduce the incidence of HIV transmission in Zimbabwe. The project consists of two major components: (1) IEC for behavior modification among high-risk groups; and (2) policy dialogue and information dissemination. The project will be implemented by Family Health International (via an agreement with the AIDSCAP project--9365972), by Zimbabwe's National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), and for activities in tertiary educational institutions, by UNICEF. IEC activities will be implemented mostly through local organizations whose programs are targeted to specific occupational groups: commercial sex workers, truckers, farmworkers, military personnel, and university students and teachers. Three basic approaches will be used: (1) encouraging management to establish HIV-related policies (such as support for community-based prevention efforts), provide condoms, and create a supportive environment for behavior modification; (2) selecting leaders from labor and management to become peer educators and motivators, inside and outside the workplace; and (3) developing IEC interventions at places where targeted groups gather (bars, restaurants, sporting events), with emphasis on reachi

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABH-279 (1993). The source's own text.