The South-South HIV Prevention Learning Network (SSLN) supports HIV prevention program optimization through shared learning and networking by African countries to identify programmatic gaps, priorities, leverage peer-peer learning, share best practices and technical assistance (TA) to enhance national HIV prevention responses.
Objectives
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The network provides countries with a platform to understand gaps and successes, gain experiential knowledge from peers (countries), harness and share good prevention learnings and empower countries to adapt interventions to the unique African context.
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The participating countries in the SSLN are Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
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The country selection was conducted in a consultative manner with the GPC and was informed primarily by the scale of the country epidemics and then balanced by the cross-regional geographic coverage ensuring the inclusion of countries.
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Phase I of the SSLN (2020-2022) was set up as a proof of concept with an initial focus on 2 pillars – Condoms Programming and Key Populations [Female sex workers (FSW) and Men who have sex with men (MSM) sub populations] in 10 African countries. Phase II of the SSLN (March 2022 – March 2025) has scaled up support to five additional countries and across all the five HIV prevention pillars – Key populations [FSW, MSM, People who inject drugs (PWID), Transgender people and Prisoners], Condom programming, Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), ARV-based prevention, and Adolescent boys and men (ABM).
South to South Learning Network repository (Click here)
South to South Learning Network youtube channel (Click here)
Project Initiated in 2020
Project Initiated 2020.
Partnership
SSLN is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by Genesis Analytics and the University of Manitoba through PHDA.