Confronting AIDS in the developing world : a report to Congress on the USAID program for prevention and control of HIV infection

This report outlines USAID"s past, ongoing, and plans for future responses to the threat of HIV/AIDS worldwide. An initial section presents an overview of the disease"s prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the manner it which it has contributed to the deterioration of the regions" economic and social bases. A second section discusses USAID"s cooperative efforts with the World Health Organization (WHO)/Global Program on AIDS (GPA) as well as its bilateral assistance program. A third section contains examples of USAID successes -- social marketing techniques which have increased condom sales, effective STD education, community mobilization, and the use of religious leaders to promote fidelity. A final section previews future USAID-sponsored HIV/AID interventions -- continuation of technical assistance and program development, including a new five-year cooperative agreement with Family Health International and a pilot NGO support program. Two appendices are included. The first contains a sampling of USAID-funded projects in 19 countries within Africa, Asia, and Latin American and the Caribbean. A second charts USAID funding obligations for HIV/AIDs prevention activities for FY 1991.