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The strategic information framework presented in this monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan guides and allows stakeholders in the national response to provide oversight and routine performance monitoring of the national response, defined in the National Strategic Plan. It constitutes the national monitoring tool for the generation and use of strategic information to support timely, evidence-informed decision-making processes for successful policy development, program planning and implementation. …
Beyond Barriers explores the adolescent sexual and reproductive health context in three Central American countries: Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The publication provides case studies of our work in each country, synthesizes the latest research regarding the barriers to providing young people with sexual and reproductive health information and services, and makes recommendations for addressing the barriers. …
Belize has formulated its third HIV National Strategic Plan (NSP), which spans the period 2016-2020 and which connects the HIV response to the national response to Tuberculosis (TB). The plan aims to be a user-friendly tool to guide the national response to HIV and TB, turning a number of core intervention targets into a blueprint for action. The NSP 2016-2020 confirms the need to narrow the intervention focus as the epidemic has evolved into one that is concentrated in the population of men who have sex with men. …
This report provides 2 TB, HIV and other STIs data for 2013.
This document is a compilation of the laws and policies that make up the legal framework associated with Belize’s national response to HIV/AIDS. Its primary purpose is to serve as a source of legal and policy information for policy makers and HIV/AIDS program developers and implementers. The document begins with a brief summary of a 2008/2009 legislative review initiated by the National AIDS Commission (NAC) to identify legislative gaps in the national response to HIV/AIDS. Following this discussion is a table listing key national laws and policies related to health and HIV/AIDS. …
This plan aims to provide reference and guidance to the country’s multi-sectoral response to HIV, as well as to function as a tool for the mobilization of domestic and foreign resources. Chapter 1 provides an introductory overview in which purpose, development process, and the structure of the NSP document are explained and which additionally provides a basic profile of the country. …
Review and assessment of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Belize from the point of view of gender. Based on this assessment, gender gaps were identified to allow the formulation of an action plan to be anchored within the priorities that are outlined in the NSP for HIV & AIDS. This incorporates gender and gender-related training, as well as program development.
As of 2008, Belize had the highest HIV seroprevalence rate in Central America (2.4%) and the third highest rate in the Caribbean region (National AIDS Commission 2006:11). The Belize epidemic is characterized by heterosexual transmission (71% of cases). The national HIV/AIDS response is multi-sectoral in its approach and is guided by the National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2006-2011. This Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan describes the approach and system developed to assess progress and impact of the overall strategic objectives of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Belize 2006-2011. …
Belize ranks first in terms of per capita population for HIV/AIDS incidence in Central America. It is 4th in the Caribbean, and 34th globally. The first AIDS case was reported in 1986. In Belize, there has been rapid growth of the epidemic in the 19 years since the first case was confirmed. This paper presents the Belize policy in the World of Work, which establishes a set of guidelines to protect the health as well as the earning power of workers, and the productivity of Belizean business and industry in the face of the challenge presented by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. …
The aim of UNGASS Watch Belize is to communicate the goal of and strengthen national actions on monitoring of HIV/AIDS and S&RH policies. In ths document, several national policies are checked and an overall situation of the HIV and AIDS epidemic is given.
The purpose of this plan is to guide, within the framework of the NSP of Belize 2006-2011, the core M&E activities to be implemented as a part of the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, providing strategic information on the progress of program implementation and accomplishments, measuring the impact of interventions taken, and enabling the timely and opportune identification of problems for decision making and program planning. The plan has three objectives: 1. …
The National Strategic Plan for Belize will yield the following benefits: provide the structural framework to ensure cooperation and collaboration for action; supply guidelines and a framework for organizing and scheduling activities among the various agencies to avoid duplication of efforts; provide a frame of reference with agreed indicators and targets for measuring the country's achievements in its fight against the pandemic, and serve as the core coordinating mechanism for assisting with the resource mobilization and allocation for identified programmes and projects using a common basket …
This document is a broad national strategic plan designed to guide Belize's response to the HIV&AIDS pandemic. It is not a plan specific to the health sector, but a statement of intent for the country as a whole, both within and outside the government. The plan recognizes that no single sector, ministry, department or organization is, by itself, responsible for addressing the HIV&AIDS epidemic. …
This National Policy on HIV/AIDS provides a framework, based on human rights, for the prevention of HIV and the reduction of its impacts at all levels of society. It outlines the specific objectives and strategies of the Government's response to HIV and AIDS.
