Technical Annex for a Proposed Grant for a HIV/AIDS Prevention Project: Afghanistan

The project will contribute to the national development goals of the Interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy (I-ANDs) o f maintaining Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence below 0.5 percent in the general population and below 5 percent among vulnerable groups at high risk o f infection. The project’s development objectives are to slow down the spread o f HIV and build up the national capacity to respond to the epidemic. This will be accomplished by: (a) behavior change among vulnerable groups at high risk; and (b) improving knowledge of HIV prevention and reducing stigma related to HIV and (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) AIDS in the general population.