Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archiveen_US
cg.number179en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorKadiyala, Suneethaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:47:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:47:28Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/157119en_US
dc.titleScaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawien_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper discusses enabling and constraining factors related to the scaling-up of the Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Interventions Through Expanded Partnerships (STEPs) initiative, supported by Save the Children U.S.A. (SC), to combat HIV/AIDS in Malawi. It also discusses potential threats to and contextual factors limiting scaling up of STEPs. The report draws primarily upon the available literature and qualitative data collected during a five-day visit to SC Malawi in December 2002. STEPs started in 1995 as Community-Based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE). COPE was a service-delivery program in Mangochi District to assist children affected by HIV/AIDS. Through evaluations, SC realized that such an approach was unsustainable, not cost-effective, and not scalable. Based on the recommendations of the evaluations and on field experience, the program changed course to mobilize collective action to combat the epidemic. Working in the Namwera community in Mangochi under the National AIDS Commission (NAC), STEPs revitalized the dormant decentralized AIDS committees and their technical subcommittees at the district, community, and village levels. Based on the positive experience in Namwera, the program changed its initial strategy to that of an external change agent, assisting communities with community mobilization and capacity building so that communities became empowered to act collectively to address their problems. Village AIDS committees (VACs) first identify the vulnerable. Then VACs plan responses on the basis of the nature and magnitude of vulnerability within the villages, needs of the vulnerable, and capacity within villages to respond. The committees also monitor activities and mobilize resources. As the needs of the most affected communities are crosscutting, the program has become truly multisectoral, with activities along the continuum of prevention, care, support, and mitigation. STEPs has also been influencing national policies related to HIV/AIDS and children.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKadiyala, Suneetha. 2004. Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi. FCND Discussion Paper Brief. 179. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157119en_US
dcterms.extent2 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paper Briefen_US
dcterms.issued2004en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/47928en_US
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten_US
dcterms.subjecthiv/aidsen_US
dcterms.subjectcollective actionen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity organizationsen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity participationen_US
dcterms.subjectscaling upen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectcivil societyen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectautoimmune diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjecthealth servicesen_US
dcterms.subjectchildrenen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity involvementen_US
dcterms.typeBriefen_US

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