Scaling Up Youth-Focused Interventions in the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Programs and Building Capacity of Civil Society Organizations, Case from Zambia : An Assessment Report
Zambia is among countries with highHIV/AIDS prevalence, 16 percent among adult population aged15 to 49 years.Prevalence among urban population is twicethat of rural dwellers, 23 percent for urban and 11 percentfor rural residents. Like other African countries, youth andwomen are the groups highly infected and affected byHIV/AIDS. As part of the scaling up effort, the World Bank(WB) commissioned a local consultant to undertake thisexercise, focusing mainly on the capacity building needs ofyouth-serving organizations, civil society organizations,including youth organizations, sectoral ministries workingon youth-focused HIV/AIDS initiatives. In this exerciseyoung people and youth organizations were targeted as keysources of information. Specifically, the objectives of theassessment are: a) assess the current state of programmingfor youth-focused HIV activities in the country; b)determine the level of funding for youth-focused activitiesand effectiveness of youth-focused activities within theMulti-Country HIV/AIDS Programs (MAP) and other major HIVprograms; c) identify factors that may foster or hinderattention to youth in the MAP and other HIV interventions;d) define priority capacity building needs among CivilSociety Organizations (CSOs) working mainly on youth-focusedHIV/AIDS interventions; and e) identify potentialimplementing partners who will carry out capacity buildingactivities. There is increasing recognition of thedevastating effects of HIV/AIDS among youths and for thisreason, there is growing consensus that youths must be madekey players and equal participants in the fight against thepandemic. National policies and programmes are now payingattention to and recognising the critical role of youths inthe national response to the HIV/AIDS situation.
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