United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

East Asia and Pacific

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		Project Code and Sector Project Background and Justification Immediate Objective, Outputs and Main Activities Counterpart, Institutional Setting and Implementing Arrangements

MMRJ63 - UNODC Partnership for the Reduction of Injecting Drug Use, HIV/AIDS and Related Vulnerability in Myanmar

1. Project Code and Sector

2. Project Background and Justification

The J63 project is implemented by UNODC in partnership with international and local non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations and self-help groups namely Marie Stopes International (MSI), Myanmar Business Coalition on AIDS (MBCA), Oasis, Youth Empowerment Team (YET), Voluntary Social Workers Association (VSWA) and Township Project Management Committees ( TPMC). In this project, UNODC takes the role of overall coordination, advocacy, technical and programmatic support, monitoring and evaluation. The project implemented its activities in five priority townships - Lashio, Muse, Theinni and Tangyeng in Northern Shan State, and Tachileik in Eastern Shan State.

The project aims at 1) scaling up of and making outreach services comprehensive and effective in five project townships; 2) increasing access to prevention to "at risk" mobile transport workers; 3) increasing access to quality VCT, STIs diagnosis and treatment; 4) increasing involvement of the PLHIVs, self-help groups; and 5) building necessary local and Community based Organization (CBO) capacities. The target beneficiaries involve IDU/DUs, their sexual partners, "at risk" youth- and road transport workers, community-based organizations and local groups. The activities include interventions for effective behavior change of IDU/DU and their sexual partners - targeted service delivery, behavior change communication, improving partner organizations' capacity, stakeholder mobilization, beneficiary participation, and networking for referrals.

3. Immediate Objective, Outputs and Main Activities

Objective: To increase access to community based, targeted and quality assured high risk behavior change services, supplies and support to DUs/ IDUs and to their partners through Civil Society strengthening and partnership in five priority townships.

Outcome 1: Community based IDU and related HIV/AIDS prevention, health protection, diagnosis, treatment, referral and rehabilitation services and networks are operational in five priority townships.

Output 1: Prevented and reduced measurably,injecting drug use and related HIV among DU/IDUs their sexual partners through increased access to comprehensive care and services.

Output 2: Prevented and reduced HIV among young, vulnerable and 'at risk' road transport sector workers and their partners in Lashio-Muse corridor.

Output 3: Incrased access to VCCT for HIV diagnosis, treatment of STIs and SRH for IDU/DU client, their partners and 'at risk' population in project areas.

Output 4: Strengthened, organizational, technical and programmatic capabilities of community based organizations (YET, OASIS and VSWA).

Output 5: Strengthened capacities of implementing partner Civil Society Organizations(CSOs), of the Township Project Management Committees (TPMCs) and of the self-help and PLHA groups through technical assistance, guidelines, subject matter and specialized inputs for delivering, documenting, managing and accounting for the above project activities.

4. Counterpart, Institutional Setting and Implementing Arrangements

Central Committeee on Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) of Minitry of Home Affairs, Department of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and National AIDS Program teams under Department of Health are main counterparts for the project activities. The project is designed in line with national strategic plan in the context of UNODC mandates.

UNODC is main executing agency and provided grants to implementing partners. UNODC project management team consists of national experts (Quality Assurance Expert, Contracts& Financial Managment Monitoring Expert, Health Information & Research Analyst) including CBO Capacity Builder for monitoring and support of partners. Area Supervisor of UNODC based in field provides immediate support, coordination and monitoring to implementing partners. Senior Techinical Advisor (International Staff) works as part time for the project to develop and advise implementation modalities, developing guidelines and modules and necessary technical supports.