Global Fund, through the Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology, today disbursed US$1.298 million to 7 organizations for the fight against HIV/Aids. The program is called "strengthening of Belize's multi-sectoral response to HIB/Aids" and it focuses on risk reduction, reduction in the vulnerability of women and youths, mitigating the impact the pandemic has on families and communities as well as capacity strengthening. Chairperson of the National Aids Commission, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia explains the roles of the organizations involved.
Dolores Balderamos Garcia, National Aids Commission
"The BFLA and the Youth for the Future and the Alliance Against Aids components of the Global Fund are to reach out basically to young people, whether they are in school or out of school, for prevention and for making sure that we work towards the behavior change that is so necessary in fighting HIV."
The Global Fund issued monies for financing the multi-sectoral response on HIV and Aids for two years.
