Drawing on our findings, we provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MoHCW), the National AIDS Council (NAC) and other partners in implementing, coordination and offering training in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support. Using the latest scientific research findings, we develop and implement a host activities to introduce evidence–based HIV prevention and treatment services in our project areas.

We also strengthen the capacity of MoHCW, NAC and other implementers to monitor and evaluate their HIV and AIDS interventions in Manicaland Province.

With funding from the Tropical Health and Education Trust, the Manicaland Project has set out to strengthen AIDS Treatment and Care Services in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe. This is being done by upgrading local health centre infrastructure to increase capacity, by acquiring essential ART equipment (a CD4 Analyzer for use by the District Medical Officer), by increasing qualified human healthcare resources (through training in the diagnosis of HIV and the treatment of AIDS and opportunistic infections including TB and training in more effective methods of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV), and by engaging with local communities to promote the timely uptake of HIV/AIDS and TB services. More specifically, in 2011 we will i) train 20 nurses in treatment of AIDS (ART) and opportunistic infections (OIs), ii) work to ensure that 30 nurses qualify in rapid testing for HIV infection, iii) train 30 nurses in PMTCT including MER, iv) purchase and make available a CD4 count machine at Bonda Mission Hospital, v) upgrade 6 rural health centres (RHCs) to provide follow-up ART drug supplies and facilitate 12 community meetings to promote ART uptake and sputum sampling.