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Preventing disease, promoting and protecting health
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