IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank

Published purpose

CIDA is assisting the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in addressing the regional challlenges of HIV/AIDS in the Horn of Africa. This program has been established by IGAD in partnership with the World Bank (WB) to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS among cross-border and mobile populations in IGAD's member states: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. CIDA's financial support over a four-year period (2009-2013) will allow the scaling up of priority IRAPP activities to be determined by National AIDS Authorities and IGAD. This could include: 1) training for front-line health workers; 2) epidemiological studies that will facilitate an increased understanding of the drivers of the epidemic in cross-border mobile populations; 3) the addition of a gender equality specialist within the Project Facilitation Office (PFO); and 4) the targeting of additional sites and/or additional cross-border populations such as truck drivers.