Project description

Title: HIV/AIDS Prevention on the Transport Corridor Abidjan – Lagos
Commissioned by: World Bank
Financier: World Bank
Country: Benin, Togo, Nigeria
Overall term: February 2004 to February 2006

Context

International studies show that HIV/AIDS spreads with particular virulence along the routes used for large-scale transport of goods. This is due to the comparatively high degree of mobility of persons employed in the long-haul transport of goods, who tend to satisfy their sexual needs along these routes. Their constant movement is conducive to frequent changes of sexual partner, a very critical factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS. The initiative being implemented by GTZ IS along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor is one of the first projects in West Africa to respond to this phenomenon. It attempts to use a regional approach to substantially check the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Objective

The project’s objective is to counteract any further spread of HIV/AIDS along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor, primarily through better education and information about prevention. The supply of and access to basic counselling and care are to be improved – particularly for susceptible groups. The project's primary focus is addressing prostitutes, employees in the transport sector, other mobile population groups and the local population along the corridor.

Approach

GTZ IS is active in the following four components:

1. Management of project accounts
Establishment of a management information system for the entire programme. This system is to take into account the terms required by the client and is to provide any and all information pertinent to a comprehensive management system.

2. Procurement services
Establishment of a procurement system that can depict annual procurement projections and each of the major steps taken within the procurement system. 

3. System development
Establishment of a system for the compilation of data, monitoring and evaluation and the development of a strategy for public information and education campaigns.

4. Technical support in the implementation of small-scale measures
In cooperation with the secretariats responsible on the national level, we evaluate applications on site, provide funding and support local organisations in carrying out concrete measures such as the expansion of information centres or the organisation of municipal information events.