Ghana : The AIDS Response Project (GARFUND)

Ghana : The AIDS Response Project (GARFUND)

The specific objectives of this project - financed through an IDA credit of $28.7 million (2002-05) - were to: provide resources that would enable the government to implement a balanced, diversified multi-sector response, engaging all relevant government sectors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots initiatives; to expand contributions made by the Ministry of Health ( MOH ) engage civil society in the fight against AIDS; and finance eligible activities conducted by civil society organizations, including NGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), trade and professional associations, associations of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), districts, and line ministries to ensure a rapid multisector scaling-up of HIV prevention and care activities in all regions and at all administrative levels.

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Main Author: Mohan, P. C.
Language:English
Published: 2007-05
Subjects:AIDS ORPHANS, AIDS PROGRAMS, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASUAL SEX, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, CONDOM, CONDOM DISTRIBUTION, CONDOM PROMOTION, CONDOM USE, CONDOMS, CONTRIBUTIONS, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM RESEARCH, DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, HIV, HIV PREVENTION, JUNIOR SECONDARY, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, MEDICAL CARE, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NGO, PANDEMIC, PEER EDUCATION, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, PREVALENCE RATES, PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, SCHOOL CURRICULA, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEX WORKERS, TEACHERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVEL, UNIVERSITIES, VOLUNTARY COUNSELING, VULNERABLE CHILDREN,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7644979/ghana-aids-response-project-garfund
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9572
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Summary:The specific objectives of this project - financed through an IDA credit of $28.7 million (2002-05) - were to: provide resources that would enable the government to implement a balanced, diversified multi-sector response, engaging all relevant government sectors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots initiatives; to expand contributions made by the Ministry of Health ( MOH ) engage civil society in the fight against AIDS; and finance eligible activities conducted by civil society organizations, including NGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), trade and professional associations, associations of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), districts, and line ministries to ensure a rapid multisector scaling-up of HIV prevention and care activities in all regions and at all administrative levels.

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