Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region

PEPFAR plans to provide nearly $25.5 million to the Caribbean Region in fiscal year (FY) 2009 to support HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care programs.¹

Progress achieved in the Caribbean Region through direct PEPFAR support during FY 2009:^{2, 3} 

• N/A individuals receiving antiretroviral treatment
• 30 HIV-positive individuals who received care and support (including TB/HIV)
• N/A orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) receiving support
• N/A pregnant women receiving HIV counseling and testing services for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT)
• N/A HIV-positive pregnant women receiving antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT
• 900 individuals receiving counseling and testing (in settings other than PMTCT)
• 10,700 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote abstinence and/or being faithful
• 30,100 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote correct and consistent use of condoms and related interventions
• 5,126,000 USG condoms shipped from calendar year 2004 through 2009

¹ FY 2009 funding level is planned and is subject to change. Of the total planned funding for FY 2009, $15 million is Partnership Framework funding that will be made available to the Caribbean Region in full after their Partnership Framework documents are completed and signed.

² PEPFAR defines direct support as data that captures the number of individuals receiving prevention, care, and treatment services through service delivery sites or providers directly supported by U.S. Government (USG) interventions or activities at the point of service delivery. An intervention or activity is considered to be direct support if it can be associated with counts of uniquely identified individuals receiving prevention, care, or treatment services at a unique program or service delivery point benefiting from the intervention or activity. The indicators for this program area in effect in FY 2009, as well as the Next Generation Indicators currently in force for PEPFAR's second phase, may be found at www.pepfar.gov/guidance/.

³ "N/A" means that the U.S. Government did not support programs.