Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Through PEPFAR, the Democratic Republic of the Congo received $10.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2007 and $31.3 million in FY 2008 to support comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care programs. PEPFAR plans to provide $29.7 million in FY 2009.¹

Progress achieved in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through direct PEPFAR support during FY 2009:²

• 1,300 individuals receiving antiretroviral treatment
• 8,300 HIV-positive individuals who received care and support (including TB/HIV)
• 8,300 orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) receiving support
• 98,300 pregnant women receiving HIV counseling and testing services for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT)
• 900 HIV-positive pregnant women receiving antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT
• 98,500 individuals receiving counseling and testing (in settings other than PMTCT)
• 236,900 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote abstinence and/or being faithful
• 347,400 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote correct and consistent use of condoms and related interventions
• 124,947,000 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, nearly $13.56 is Partnership Framework funding that will be made available to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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/.