| The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Sudan is mixed with some geographic areas displaying high prevalence in high risk groups and other areas with lower level prevalence in the general population. PEPFAR will continue to focus on sexual prevention, counseling and testing, and integration of prevention of mother-to child transmission into antenatal care. |
The focus on the provision of basic care will continue, emphasizing the development of local capacity to reduce the impact of HIV, and concentrating on higher-risk geographic areas and groups, communities along those national borders with higher-prevalence countries, women and girls, refugees, internally displaced people, returnees, mobile cross-border populations, long-distance transportation workers, and sex workers. PEPFAR will also support government counterparts to develop comprehensive care and support in-service training of health care community workers. Counseling and testing and prevention of mother-to-child transmission activities in higher prevalence zones will be supported where these activities are cost-effective interventions. Surveillance remains a priority in order to better understand the nature of the epidemic. PEPFAR support includes technical assistance and procurement for laboratory supplies including rapid test kits. PEPFAR will support quality assurance for counseling and testing both in voluntary counseling and testing and prevention of mother-to-child transmission settings. PEPFAR will continue to deliver HIV/AIDS prevention and testing services to people affected by the conflict in Southern Sudan. |
