Strengthening HIV and AIDS Response amongst the Informal Economy Workers in Zimbabwe

The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of informal economy management structures and the sector associations to facilitate access to integrated HIV support services to informal economy workers. The targeted groups will be the artisanal miners at identified locations, and vendors operating in selected sites, targeting young men and women, and sex workers. The project will be piloted and data collected to inform scaling-up of interventions to other sites and localities. The Immediate Objective is to increase access to comprehensive HIV and AIDS services and commodities for informal economy workers, focusing on young women and men. The outputs are to strengthened capacity of informal economy sector associations and management structures to facilitate access to integrated HIV support services to their membership and constituents; established linkages and partnerships, including PPPs, to increase availability of comprehensive HIV, TB, STI, and SRH services and commodities in selected informal economy localities; and capacity assessment of Informal Sector organization on how to respond to HIV in the various sectors of the Informal Economy conducted

Project symbol

ZWE/18/50/UNA

Admin unit

CO-Harare

Start date

01/01/2018

End date

31/08/2020

Total allocation

40000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

40023

Development Partners

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Country/Countries

Zimbabwe

Outcomes

Outcome 6: Gender equality and equal opportunities and treatment for all in the world of work