Lessons Learned from Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Transport Sector Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic burdens Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and continues to constrain its social and economic advancement. Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has estima...
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| Format: | Other Infrastructure Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9727304/lessons-learned-mainstreaming-hivaids-transport-sector-projects-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8067 |
| Summary: | The Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic
burdens Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and continues to constrain
its social and economic advancement. Joint United Nations
Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has estimated that in southern
Africa alone, 930,000 adults and children died of AIDS in
2005. This represents about one-third of AIDS deaths
recorded globally that year. In addition, about 12 million
children below the age of 17 in SSA are estimated to have
lost one or both parents to AIDS. Africa Technical Transport
Sector Unit (AFTTR) has made progress in mainstreaming
HIV/AIDS in its portfolio. However, there is still more work
ahead in ensuring that all projects are mainstreamed as
needed. In this context, the transport sector board needs to
continue supporting such future mainstreaming efforts by
establishing a sector board strategy for HIV/AIDS activities
on Bank-financed transport projects. The diverse nature of
transportation activities implies that mainstreaming is both
challenging and urgent. In 2000, the Africa transport team
gave high priority to its contribution to the campaign
against the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pledged to mainstream
HIV/AIDS actions in the Bank's lending operations and
at country level in the transport sector. The transport
sector contributed significantly through integrating simple
activities into its operations (such as HIV/AIDS contract
clauses into bidding documents for road construction site
workers). Similarly, the Bank financed a first-round
workshop to prepare HIV/AIDS prevention policy in the
workplace for Ministry employees. Its main objective is to
develop and implement highly focused prevention
interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence and slow down
the spread of the disease in the transport sector. This
document is subdivided in four sections. The first section
gives background information on the transport sector and
HIV/AIDS. The second section describes the Bank's
transport sector activities, with particular focus on the
Africa region and its achievements regarding HIV/AIDS. The
third section presents the process and the results of the
assessment of the Africa transport sector portfolio for
HIV/AIDS mainstreaming. The fourth section enumerates the
lessons learned as well as the recommendations made to the
World Bank's Transport Sector Board and to stakeholders
in the client countries. |
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