PASCA Reproductive Health Policy Initiative

$28.8M USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	Futures Group Global
Country	El Salvador
Start Date	Oct 20, 2008
End Date	Jul 14, 2011
Duration	997 days
Number of Grantees	83
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`186531-76`

Grant Description

The USAID| Program for Strengthening the Central American Response to HIV/AIDS (PASCA) (2008-2013) strives to foster a strong, unified regional approach to the epidemic.

PASCA is guided by three core principlesforging linkages, fostering leadership, and advancing evidence-based decisionmaking. The project uses a combined country and regional approach to achieve its objective.

The project implements country-specific activities in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama, as well as region-wide initiatives that include Honduras and Nicaragua.

PASCA bolsters the regional response to HIV through three main strategic objectives:Enhancing implementation of regional and national HIV/AIDS strategic plans, Supporting effective implementation of national advocacy agendas, Mitigating HIV/TB co-infection by strengthening collaboration between HIV and TB programs and by placing co-infection on the regional agenda.