Avanzada Coprecos LAC

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Avanzada COPRECOS LAC

In 2011, the Committee on the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in the Armed Forces and National Police of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPRECOS LAC) launched an innovative multi-country project on Increasing HIV Evidence-Based Prevention Strategies, Including the Reduction of Stigma, Discrimination and Gender Inequity in the Uniformed Services ("AVANZADA COPRECOS") with Round 9 funding from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

The AVANZADA COPRECOS LAC Project addresses identified gaps in HIV prevention services within the uniformed services and establishes sustainability by strengthening policies, systems, infrastructure, human resources, and supply chain management for health products (e.g., condoms). The project also enhances the ability of the LAC region to address common needs, share best practices, and raise awareness related to HIV/AIDS. CAI is the approved Principal Recipient for the project, with fifteen COPRECOS Countries serving as Sub-Recipients over the five year project plan. To learn more about the project's objectives and key strategies, click here.

Project News and Updates

Building off of a successful Year 1, Avanzada COPRECOS LAC

expands reach in Year 2

The completion of Year One was marked by a final leadership meeting of all Year One countries and the welcoming of Peru and Brazil into the project to kick-off year two. The AVANZADA COPRECOS LAC project, which is a multi-country HIV prevention project within Latin America and the Caribbean, focuses on the uniformed services with funding from Round 9 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Of the many accomplishments of the first year, one sweeping change was the successful integration of an HIV/STI prevention curriculum into the academies of the Armed Forces and the police for all Year One COPRECOS countries -- Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic. In addition to HIV/STI prevention, the curriculum modules address stigma and discrimination, including reducing the fear and misconceptions associated with HIV/AIDs, and a focus on human rights increasing access to quality care. Each of the countries participating in Year 1 also made changes to the uniformed services policies around HIV/AIDs, confidentiality and reduction of stigma and discrimination against vulnerable populations. Read more