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In addition to the crucial work
of the health sector, an effective response to HIV and AIDS also needs
action and involvement form many other sectors. HIV activities are
increasingly included in Bank-funded education, transport, infrastructure,
urban development and water supply and sanitation projects. All
construction contracts with Bank funding most now include activities to
address HIV - usually information and condom distribution, but also
treatment. In a growing number of countries in Eastern Europe and
Asia, projects are involving the legal, justice, police, prisons and social
welfare ministries to create context conducive to working with injecting
drug users, sex workers, prisoners and the armed forces. India is
involving all key sectors in developing and implementing the next phase of
the national program. In Latin America and the Caribbean, our projects
are helping many ministries develop and implement HIV response plans.
With our technical support, assessments of legislation in Guyana, Grenada,
St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines provide a basis for legal
reforms to address stigma, discrimination and the human rights of people
with HIV, and better protection of children orphaned by AIDS. An
innovative sub-regional HIV project in Africa focuses on prevention and
treatment at border crossings along the Abidjan-Lagos transport corridor.
Many transport projects in Africa now include activities to prevent HIV
among transport workers and the groups they interact with along transport
routes. Special efforts to accelerate the education sector response to
HIV have involved 35 countries in Africa, supporting interventions in
schools and communities, and are beginning in the Caribbean, working with
the Pan-Caribbean HIV/AIDS Partnership, education Ministries and UNESCO. |
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