HIV and social protection assessment tool

About

The HIV and social protection assessment tool is used for a quick scan of existing social protection programmes and their sensitivity (or lack of) to the HIV response in a given country and location. Additional follow-up and research that engages the different critical actors, including HIV programme managers, social protection administrators, beneficiaries and civil society representatives, may be necessary in some contexts. The assessment provides countries and communities with tailored analysis on HIV and social protection. The assessment seeks to gather information on:

•  The social protection schemes that exist in different countries and locations, and their purpose, eligibility criteria, coverage and HIV sensitivity.
• Whether people living with HIV, adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV infection, key populations and others eligible to benefit from social protection benefits are accessing existing social protection schemes and, if not, the key barriers people face in accessing social protection benefits.
• What can be done to eliminate the barriers and include these populations in existing social protection programmes.