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Introduction

Zero Discrimination Target Setting Meeting

27-28 July 2015

Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain

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CARPHA – The Agency

• Established in January 2013• An institution of CARICOM• Merger of five (5) previous regional health institutions

– Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)– Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)– Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI)– Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC)– Caribbean Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (CRDTL)

• Headquartered in Trinidad & Tobago, with campuses in Jamaica and St. Lucia

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CARPHA’s 24 Member States

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Research, Training and Policy Development Unit (REPDU)

Director

Admin. Assistant

Behavioral Scientist Ethicist Research

ScientistPolicy

AnalystTraining

SpecialistHead, M&E

M&E Specialist

M&E Officers (3)

Admin. Assistant

FELTP Coordinator

Senior Project Officer

Finance & M&E Officer

Admin. Assistant

Acronyms

FELTP - Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme

M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation

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REPDU Functions

1. Promote research for health, M&E and use of evidence to drive policy

2. Advise Governments and other stakeholders on research for health and on M&E matters

3. Strengthen national and regional health research systems

4. Develop mechanisms to support priority research

5. Build and strengthen national and regional M&E systems

6. Sharing of Region’s scientific outputs

7. Facilitate the development of evidence-based health policy

8. Facilitate evidence based practice

9. Develop national and regional capacity in health research and M&E

10.To collate and coordinate the training activities of CARPHA

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Regional Response to HIV

2014-2018 Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework

(CRSF) guides the regional HIV response

– Proposes Strategic Priority Areas, Objectives and

Expected Results to address opportunities and

challenges

– Developed through a lengthy consultative process (over

1 year of evaluations and consultations with civil society,

Government and International Organizations)

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2014-2018 CRSF

Vision: An AIDS-Free Caribbean

Goal: To halt the spread and reduce the impact of HIV in the

Caribbean, while promoting sustainable health and

development.

6 Strategic Priority Areas:• Enabling environment

• Shared responsibility

• Prevention

• Treatment, care and support

• Integration of HIV in health and social development

• Sustainability

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CRSF Implementation

• Operational plan, including M&E framework, developed – 12

Strategic Objectives, 25 Indicators

• Oversight by Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC)

• Key (regional) implementation partners:

PANCAP PAHO

UNAIDS UWI

CVC/COIN CCS

CRN+ UNFPA

CMLF USG (CDC, USAID, PEPFAR)

CARPHA

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 AIDS Free

Caribbean

Justice for All

Positive Social

Norms & Behaviors

Strong Country

Ownership

Accountability &

Transparency

Policy, Planning & Evaluation

Sustain Financing of National Responses

 

HIV Prevention into Social developme

nt

  HIV Services

into National Health

Systems

 

Improved Linkage,

Adherence & Retention

 

Expanded High

Quality Treatment

Elimination of Mother to Child

Transmission

High Quality & Targeted Services 

Enabling Environment

 

Shared

Responsibility

Pre

vent

ion

Care, Treatment &

Support

Integration

Sust

aina

bilit

y

 

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CRSF – Discrimination Related Priority & IndicatorsStrategy Priority Area 1

Strategic Objective 1.1

Indicators Lead & Support Agencies

Enabling Environment

Increase access to justice for all in the Caribbean

# of countries achieving legislative reform for modifying and repealing discriminatory laws that infringe on human rights

PANCAP PCU

UNAIDS, CRN+, CVC, UNDP, UWI

% of women and men aged 15-49 who report discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV

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CRSF – Discrimination Related Priority & IndicatorsStrategy Priority Area 1

Strategic Objective 1.2

Indicators Lead & Support Agencies

Enabling Environment

Promote the development and acceptance of positive social norms and behaviors that support healthy and equitable societies

Proportion of persons aged 15-49 who experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner in the last 12 months

PANCAP PCU

UNAIDS

# of countries with established minimum package of SRH services for key populations

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CRSF – Going Forward

• Finalizing the M&E and Operational Plans with PANCAP and Lead/Support Agencies

• CARPHA’s role– Regional Surveillance– Technical support for Member Countries and Civil Society

partners– Laboratory Services– Capacity Building of Partners – surveillance, M&E,

behavioral sciences, research, laboratory services– M&E support for implementation of the CRSF