The development objectives of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership (CARICOM) Against HIV/AIDS Project is to contribute to halting the spread of AIDS by pursuing a three-fold regional program that effectively halts and begins to reverse the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015; efficiently provides the beneficiary countries and populations with the necessary knowledge and tools; and equitably spreads program benefits. This project is in support of the third phase of the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program for the Caribbean Region. There are four project components. The first focuses on advocacy and policy development, incorporating human rights and non-discriminatory practices for persons living with AIDS (PLWA) in policy and legislation, mobilizing regional leaders to champion HIV/human rights issues, ensuring national level policy decisions reflect international best practice standards, increasing participation of PLWA in policy dialogues, and expanding analysis of the impact on key socioeconomic sectors. The second component finances HIV/AIDS prevention and control by delivering services such as voluntary counseling and testing, condom social marketing, and using targeted information, education, and communications campaigns by age, language, culture, and logistics to affect behavioral change. The third component strengthens regional laboratory services to support the scale-up of treatment and care of people affected by HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections like tuberculosis. The fourth component strengthens the regional response capacity of key regional institutions that support country efforts against HIV/AIDS by financing civil works construction and rehabilitation, equipment, management information systems, consultant services, and operating expenditures. This component also ensures effective and efficient coordination of the regional response.
