Horizons Synthesis Background Papers

In 1997, the Population Council initiated the Horizons Program—a decade-long USAID-funded collaboration with Family Health International, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Johns Hopkins University, International Center for Research on Women, PATH, Tulane University, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham—designing, implementing, evaluating, and expanding innovative strategies for HIV prevention and care.

Horizons developed and tested ways to optimize HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs; worked to reduce stigma and improve gender-biased behaviors; and greatly expanded knowledge about the best ways to support, protect, and treat children affected by HIV and AIDS. In all its projects, Horizons strengthened the capacity of local institutions by providing support and training to colleagues.

This series of synthesis papers presents lessons learned and best practices on six key topics that Horizons investigated: HIV-related stigma, access to antiretroviral therapy, men who have sex with men, orphans and vulnerable children, HIV and gender, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.