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Horizons is a team of US-based and international organizations working to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and mitigate its impact on individuals and communities. Directed by the Population Council and funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the program designs, implements, and evaluates innovative service delivery strategies.
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Psychosocial support, such as that offered by the mothers2mothers program, plays an important role in helping women follow PMTCT recommendations. (learn more) Photo courtesy of m2m |
Horizons implements field-based, applied operations research in developing countries. The program identifies effective HIV/AIDS interventions and policies; tests prevention, care, support, and service delivery strategies; and disseminates and promotes utilization of findings. A major goal is to identify and develop successful projects that can be replicated and scaled up, where relevant.
Horizons also focuses on capacity building by providing support and training to colleagues in developing nations. The program helps local organizations conduct operations research and develop mechanisms to disseminate and utilize best practices that emerge from operations research. (more)
The Horizons collaborating agencies are:
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Population Council HIV and AIDS
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Population Council Reproductive Health
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Population Council Research Locations
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Population Council Media Center
For additional information please contact:
Horizons
Population Council
4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 280
Washington, DC
20008
Telephone: +1 202 237 9400
Facsimile: +1 202 237 8410
E-mail: horizons@popcouncil.org
| Horizons is funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the U.S. Agency for International Development. The information provided on this Web site is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government. |
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Horizons hosted its end-of-project meeting on Thursday, 20 March, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. (more) Horizons co-sponsored From Evidence to Policy—HIV Findings from the Field, an HIV/AIDS research dissemination event, on Wednesday, 13 February, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium (more) Horizons research from Rwanda was presented at an Orphans and Vulnerable Children Task Force program update on 12 December in Washington, DC. (more) |
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A new training manual, Sakhi Saheli—Promoting Gender Equity and Empowering Young Women, promotes critical reflection among young women, so they may recognize and understand how gender normative attitudes and behaviors affect their everyday lives and can result in increasing their vulnerability to HIV and other reproductive health problems. (PDF) |
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Horizons develops and pilots an abstinence (A) and being faithful (B) life skills curriculum for in-school youth in South Africa (more) |