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POLICY Project

The POLICY Project (1995–2006) worked with civil society and government partners in developing countries to create enabling policy environments for high quality, sustainable HIV, family planning/reproductive health, and safe motherhood programs and services. The project, which also received funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), was active in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia and the Near East, Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

The project embraced a multisectoral, participatory approach to HIV that sought to build capacity and collaboration across key sectors to contribute to policymaking and program implementation. The project's partners included government agencies, policymakers, networks of people living with HIV, faith-based organizations, NGOs, women's groups, businesses, journalists, and affected communities.

POLICY offered technical assistance in four strategic focus areas:

• Strengthening leadership: supporting leaders to keep HIV on the national agenda, mobilize resources, coordinate and sustain responses, ensure that lessons learned are incorporated into policies and programs, and break the silence surrounding HIV.
• Improving national and operational policies: assisting countries to develop the national policies and operational guidelines needed to ensure the smooth implementation of HIV services.
• Setting targets and effective resource allocation: helping countries assess their current HIV situation, including the number of people living with HIV, the number of AIDS orphans, the impact of the epidemic on various sectors, the number of people with access to essential services, and the resources required to achieve national HIV prevention, treatment, and care goals.
• Reducing barriers to access: working with government and community leaders to address the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV as well as reduce gender inequality, which limits women's access to services and increases vulnerability of women and girls.

To learn more about the POLICY Project, please visit our website at http://www.policyproject.com. Constella Futures' new policy technical assistance program is the USAID | Health Policy Initiative. See www.healthpolicyinitiative.com.

POLICY was funded by the USAID and was implemented by Constella Futures, in collaboration with the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), and Research Triangle Institute (RTI).