Project Data Sheet
Project 42179-012
Project Data Sheet
Project 42179-012
| Project Name | Greater Mekong Subregion: Capacity Building for HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (LAO, VIE) | ||||||
| Project Number | 42179-012 | ||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Health / Health system development |
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| Gender | Gender equity | ||||||
| Description | |||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Based on a number of projects and recent studies on HIV/AIDS in the economic corridors/ border areas, the TA will develop a Project suitable for ADB financing in terms of technical, financial, economic, institutional, sector policy, and safeguard contexts, in conjunction with the CPS, operational experience and lessons learned from previous health sector projects. | ||||||
| Impact | Contribute to achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, target 7: to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 in Lao PDR and Viet Nam. | ||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Reduced incidence of HIV transmission and prevalence of STIs, especially among high risk groups and mobile populations in and along the transport corridors. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | The TA will (i) prepare a situation and gaps analysis on HIV services and HIV communication/information programs for at risk groups and mobile populations in the 2 countries including border areas; (ii) identify cost-effective strategies for HIV prevention services; (iii) identify evidence-based HIV communication/information methods for reaching most at risk groups and mobile populations in cross-border areas in the two countries; (iv) determine the scope and feasibility of proposed investments in the area of capacity building, behavioral change and small-scale infrastructure and equipments; (v) prepare cost estimates and financing plan; (vi) assess the financial and economic viability and sustainability, (vii) prepare detailed implementation arrangements. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Regional |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | |
| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | A stakeholder analysis is conducted during the PPTA. Primary stakeholders include at-risk groups and young people, as well as the ministries of health as executing agencies, VAAC in Viet Nam and CHAS in Lao PDR. The type of consultation and participation includes workshops, involvement of donor organizations including NGOs. |
| During Project Implementation | A regional workshop was held on 11-12 January 2012 in hanoi participated by representatives from the Governments of Lao PDR and Viet Nam to discuss and reach further consensus on the project scope between two countries. A review mission was held on 14-28 February 2012 and confirmed the overall scope and processing schedule of the proposed regional project, which is scheduled for Board approval in Q4 2012. Grant and loan negotiations were concluded in July and August 2012, respectively. The TA completion date was extended to 31 January 2013 to provide enough time to wind up the TA. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Consultants were engaged through a firm composed of 18.5 person-months of international consulting services and 45 person-months of national consulting services. The team was mobilized during the last week of September 2011. A minor change in scope was approved in March 2012 for the recruitment of individual consultants to support project processing. It is expected to mobilize the individual consultants by April 2012. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Masaki, Emiko |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Human and Social Development Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Health Dr. Prasongsidh Boupha, Director General, Dept of Planning and International Cooperation Simuang Road Viantiane LAO PDR Ministry of Health Mr. Bui Duc Duong, Deputy Director General, Planning and Finance Department, Vietnam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control 138A Giang Vo Str. Hanoi, Viet Nam |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 18 Aug 2010 |
| Fact Finding | 22 Mar 2010 to 31 Mar 2010 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 18 Aug 2010 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 26 Mar 2010 |
| Last PDS Update | 27 Mar 2013 |
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 18 Aug 2010 | 06 Jul 2011 | 06 Jul 2011 | 30 Sep 2011 | 31 Jan 2013 | 30 Apr 2013 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 750,000.00 | 0.00 | 230,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 980,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 725,554.88 |