MBC / UNAIDS / SPC Pacific Islands AIDS / STD strategic planning. Project update
Chaix, A.; Benton, K.; Buchanan, H.
Pacific Aids Alert Bulletin 1999(18): 8-11
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1018-2152 PMID: 12349394 Document Number: 242135
This article presents an update of the Pacific Islands AIDS/sexually transmitted disease (STD) Strategic Planning Project. It also provides specific stories on the strategic planning experiences and achievements of four countries namely New Caledonia, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Nauru. The project began in 1998 when 17 Pacific Island countries participated in a workshop where each country developed an action plan which contained the following common elements: 1) a plan on how to integrate the strategic planning process into existing structures for HIV/AIDS activities; 2) strategies to gain political and other organizational support into HIV/AIDS and STD planning; 3) a summary of the factors contributing to HIV and STD risk; and 4) a review of what has been done to address these problems. In 1999, these plans were put into action. Each country was challenged at the planning and execution of situational analysis and response review. A project review conducted in June 1999 resulted in a decision to hold individual country workshops in the future which will allow more participants and facilitators to concentrate their efforts on developing an individual strategic plan for each country.