Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development

Published purpose

This project is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The IYIP contributes to the YES by providing a large spectrum of Canadian graduates with valuable international development work experience abroad. ICAD’s 2-year IYIP initiative gives 40 Canadian youth internships in 10 countries. Internships focus on the community health sector and respond to the needs expressed by the local host organizations. Half of the internships take place in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, which remain at the epicenter of the global HIV epidemic. The remainder take place in regions of South East Asia where already high HIV prevalence rates continue to rise among key affected populations (people who use drugs, sex workers, transgender people, men who have sex with men, youth, women and girls).