Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network

Researching National and Sub-National Effects of Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives at the Country Level

Zambia

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives in Zambia: Issues of Harmonisation, Systems Capacity and Marginalised Groups

Study Aim

The study aim is to research the national and sub-national systems effects of the Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives (GHIs) focusing on access and equity, coordination and harmonisation and human resources. The major focus is on district level.

Themes

Themes include the effects of global HIV/AIDS Initiatives on:

Sub-national scale-up

• Levels and types of HIV/AIDS services delivered – including prevention, treatment and support services – demonstrating trends over time
• Quality of HIV/AIDS services
• Non-focal (non-HIV/AIDS) priority services

Health systems capacity

• Human resources for health
• National and sub-national coordination, harmonisation and alignment

Equitable access

• Accessibility and patterns of utilisation of HIV/AIDS services
• Institutional/programmatic and community factors that determine service accessibility

Country team

• Principal Investigator: Phillimon Ndubani.
  Frontiers Research and Development Group, Zambia

Research Partners

• Frontiers Research and Development Group, Zambia
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

Research Funders

• Open Society Institute (OSI)

Further information can be obtained from Aisling Walsh aislingwalsh@rcsi.ie or from Neil Spicer, neil.spicer@lshtm.ac.uk or from any of the individual country researchers.

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