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Central African Republic
In the Central African Republic, access to and quality of services, including HIV, gender-based violence and nutrition services and information for key and vulnerable populations improved with significant contributions from the Joint Team and development partners. In October 2022, the Government adopted a new HIV law, which removes barriers to HIV services among adolescents and young people, strengthens rights protections for people living with HIV and recognizes the importance of scaling up services for key populations (UNAIDS Secretariat, UNDP).
The national HIV response was strengthened with the development of new strategies and guidelines, including HIV testing and treatment protocols and national strategies on the elimination of gender-based violence, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), comprehensive sexuality education (UNFPA) and viral hepatitis (WHO).
Strengthened logistics and stock management ensured the procurement of 395 cubic meters of HIV medicines and commodities to further support the national HIV response (WFP). Laboratory data was digitalized, and healthcare workers were trained on HIV service delivery, particularly PMTCT and paediatric diagnostics using GenExpert machines (UNICEF).