Context

The lack of accurate data on the various key population groups (MSM, SW, DU) is hampering national responses to HIV in West Africa. This part of Africa also faces a lack of human resources capable of conducting programmatic mapping and estimating the size of key populations, which are essential for better targeting of interventions, not to mention the lack of resources to fund this research.

This situation is at the root of the gaps in the national response to HIV in West Africa, particularly in four countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Senegal, where we see the consequences on the ground every day among key populations: low testing and treatment rates, late treatment, lack of access to quality services adapted to their needs and stigmatisation.

ENDA Santé with its partners, the American John Hopkins University in Baltimore, and the Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, is coordinating the implementation of the project " Capacity building and capitalisation of experiences for better HIV care among key populations" (ReCCAP). Financed by the Initiative through Expertise France, this regional project operates in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Senegal and is aimed at governmental and NGO actors and those from the associative sector involved in the response to HIV. It offers capacity-building activities in the areas of mapping and estimating the size of key populations; supports actors in the response to HIV in conducting localised mapping studies and innovative interventions for greater effectiveness of actions in the response to HIV.  

Objective  

To strengthen the localisation, innovation and quality of interventions in order to contribute to the evaluation of the effectiveness of HIV cascade services for key populations in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Senegal.