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Regional
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RETA: REG 41353-01
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Project Name
HIV Prevention and Infrastructure:Mitigating Risk in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Executing Agency
Asian Development Bank
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Contact
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Lisa Studdert, Health Specialist
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Tel. No.
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(632) 632-5519
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TA Amount (US$ '000)
6,000.00
Activity Type
Others
Date of First Listing
20 May 2008
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- Project Impact
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The proposed regional TA will contribute to achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 (target 7), to "halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS" in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by 2015.
- Project Outcome
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The outcome will be a reduced incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission and prevalence of other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in communities and population groups directly associated with ADB-financed infrastructure developments in the GMS.
- Project Outputs
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Key outputs will be: (i) enhanced leadership support and institutional policies for addressing HIV risks in the context of infrastructure projects; (ii) improved awareness of HIV, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and STI among key target groups in the infrastructure settings; (iii) improved access to HIV and STI prevention commodities; (iv) reduced incidence of HIV risk behaviors among key target groups; (v) improved access to HIV and STI treatment and testing; and (vi) improved surveillance and associated knowledge products.
- Consulting Services
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Consultant services will be required to develop, coordinate, and implement the proposed TA activities. SESS staff will oversee project implementation with support from a program coordinator and a program assistant. A total of 60 international and 54 national person-months of individual consultant inputs, including inputs from monitoring and evaluation and gender specialists, will be required. To implement the subproject activities, ADB will hire organizations or individual consultants, depending on the design of the subproject, in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2007, as amended from time to time),
- Project Processing Stage
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Approved by the Bank
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24 June 2008
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- Recruitment of Consultants
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Recruitment of Consultants expected to take place on July 2008.
- Project Officer
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Lisa J. Studdert (632-5519)
- Social Sectors Division, SERD
- lstuddert@adb.org
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