Community mobilisation for HIV prevention in India: what difference does it make?

de Zoysa, I.; O'Reilly, K.; de Zoysa, I; O&apo; Reilly, K

doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201532

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Community mobilisation for HIV prevention in India: what difference does it make?

de Zoysa, I.; O'Reilly, K.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 66 Suppl. 2: Ii1-Ii2

2012

ISSN/ISBN: 0143-005X

PMID: 22766782

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201532

Document Number: 566285

This special issue brings together a series of papers on the implementation and evaluation of community mobilisation efforts among sex workers and other marginalised populations within Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative. Avahan was initiated in 23 as an attempt to build an HIV prevention model at scale across the six high prevalence states in India. It used a flexible but target-driven approach derived from business to mobilise collaboration and drive rapid implementation on the ground. Within a few years, Avahan demonstrated that high levels of coverage of high impact interventions can be achieved with large numbers of people at risk.1 2 The states targeted in this project have populations greater than most countries; working at scale in these settings was indeed a tall challenge. A recent study suggested that Avahan succeeded in averting an estimated 1 HIV infections by 28.3Inspired by the pioneering work.