HIV Prevention

The UWI will manage health connect Jamaica to contribute to jamaica's 90-90-90 targets. this will be done by implementing HIV prevention, care and treatment support services working through a private sector network of providers and in partnership with the public sector laboratory and pharmacy services. uwi will support adult prevention, care & treatment activities that will do the following: - identify remaining numbers of undiagnosed individuals social network strategies and services by aggressively promoting and rolling out partner referral and index testing - identify those individuals diagnosed with hiv prior but not on art - link diagnosed individuals to hiv care and treatment for early art initiation - return plhiv lost to follow-up to treatment services, - ensure adherence and retention in services to achieve viral suppression. uwi will roll out adolescent care & treatment interventions that addresses the gaps in the quantity and quality of adolescent focused hiv treatment services, with a key focus on care & treatment services for the high prevalence populations identified in the nsp. this will expand the access points for clinician intervention for adolescent-specific service delivery thereby improving retention and viral load access. the activity will support peer-led adherence clubs that have been proven to increase adherence to antiretroviral drugs.