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AIDS In ETHIOPIAHIV was first detected in Ethiopia in stored sera collected in 1984 and the first two AIDS cases were reported in 1986. A National HIV/AIDS taskforce was established in 1985and the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) was established at a Department level at the MOH in 1987. HIV/AIDS surveillance activities began in 1989. There are many factors that promote the spread of the disease including the presence of sexually transmitted infections, gender inequality, multiple sexual partners, prostitution, men with disposable income, alcohol, unsafe blood transfusion, and transmission from infected mother to her fetus/child during pregnancy and breast-feeding. More on AIDS in EthiopiaMulti-Sectoral HIV/AIDS Response Strategic PlanEMSAP is the national, five-year (2000 - 2004), program of Ethiopia funded by the World Bank to reduce the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, alleviate its impact and increase access to treatment and care and support for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. EMSAP with a national budget of US$ 63.4 million (World Bank loan), was created to help implement a three-year project of the Government’s 2000-2004 HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. An Emergency HIV/AIDS Fund of more than US$ 28 million was also established to channel grants directly to community organizations (kebeles), NGOs, and the private sector. The program has recently been extended to December 2005. Road MapThe Road Map is designed to serve as a tool to harmonize the activities of all actors involved, to act as template for the regional Health bureous (RHBs) ensuring ownership of the implementation, to support sites level planning, to set concise targets and therefore faster transparency and accountability at all level and finally to reduce ADIS –related morbidity and morality as a central part of improvement HIV/AIDS care. This document reflects the national target and therefore includes all sources of ART in the country: fee-based ART through private hospital and government pharmaticles , free ART through GF and ETAEP,AIDS funds initiatives in the public and private sector and lastly , through private initiatives from partners like NGOs and FBOs More on Road Map PolicyPolicies and strategies that improve the prevailing low socio-economic status of the country, ensuring rapid economic growth that benefit the whole of the Ethiopian citizens and building well established free market economy through integrating the overall development capacities and efforts, have already been formulated. Capacity building implementation programs and strategies, enabling rapid growth of well-developed free market economy benefiting the general population has also been in place. More on Policy Monitoring & Evaluation FrameworkThe five-year Federal Level Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan and accompanying Regional Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS Strategic Plans. Together, these plans were synthesized into the Strategic Framework for the National Response to HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia for 2001-2005. The National Strategic Framework (NSF) focuses on reducing the transmission of HIV and associated morbidity and mortality, and its impact on individuals, families and the society at large. The strategy is built on four issues: multi-sectoralism, participation, leadership, and efficient management (including adequate monitoring and evaluation). The NSF is currently being revised and the priority areas redefined. GuidelinesTOP
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