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HIV/AIDS component of the Development
Services Support Programme. The project was
financed on a cost-sharing basis by the members
of the UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS.
UNAIDS provided assistance in the form of
Programme Acceleration Funds. The Ministry of
Health was the executing agency, and the
Uzbekistan Republican Aids Centre was the
implementing agency.
On the national level, the multisectoral response
to HIV/AIDS was the development of the
National Strategic Plan (NSP), developed by the
Inter-ministerial Working Group on Strategic
Planning. Progress towards its development and
formulation was to be measured by several
intermediate and final outputs. Outputs were
achieved, although with delay.
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The existing
legislation was reviewed, and proposals for
amendments related to approaches towards
vulnerable groups were included in the NSP. In
July 2002, a draft of the Country Coordination
Mechanism (CCM) was developed and submitted
to the government and approved in May of 2003.
As a result of component activities, the CCM
and the Regional Coordination Councils on
HIV/AIDS Prevention were established.
Since the main focus of UNDP actions to fight
HIV/AIDS were policies that change behaviour,
the project
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aimed at increasing the general
population’s awareness by advocating the princi-
ples of AIDS prevention. Progress was measured
by the following outputs:
Workshops for Mahalla leaders;
Training of specialists on media and public
information campaigning;
Design, production and distribution of
information, education and communication
materials;
Introduction of HIV/AIDS issues into
school curricula; and
Involvement of NGOs.
The output performance of UNDP was
evaluated as very high.
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However, the impact on
strengthening the multilateral response and
collaborative activities was delayed by about one
year due to late government approval of the NSP
and CCM. The extent to which component
outputs (NSP, CCM) attained the objectives
(strengthening
multisectoral
response
to
HIV/AIDS) was limited, which had repercus-
sions on subsequent component activities and
outputs
(i.e.,
sectoral
plans).
However,
component initiatives aimed at intensifying
HIV/AIDS prevention activities and increasing
public awareness were effective.
The benefits received by target beneficiaries had
a wider, although limited, overall effect on larger
numbers of people. The project started to
generate positive results in regard to raising
public awareness. Government officials and
society began to accept and understand the main
principles and ideas of HIV/AIDS prevention,
whereas at project inception the prevailing
opinion was that because the country had low
rates of HIV/AIDS transmission, preventive
measures against HIV/AIDS were not a priority
issue. UNDP also contributed to strengthening
UN system cooperation through the activities
of the HIV/AIDS Thematic Group. With regard
to raising public awareness, close cooperation
among the component and its national partners
enhanced the technical capacities of: all
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