HIV and Infrastructure:

Mitigating HIV Risks Beyond

Construction Phase
Emiko Masaki
Southeast Asia Department

Transport Forum
ADB Manila
GMS Program

Regional
Connectivity
&
Economic
Integration

2
Regional Transport Corridor
Increased Movement of
Goods and People
 Factory Workers at
Special Economic Zone
Near the Border
 Casino Development
Cambodia Border Crossing Zone
 Regional Economic Corridor
Young men and women migrate for job
opportunities

Young construction
Young men and women at
workers in Cambodia
Special Economic Zone
 HIV Prevention and Infrastructure in GMS

ADB Response

• Recognize links between connectivity and the

spread of HIV
• Mitigate HIV risk and vulnerability heighted by
transport and infrastructure development

Pre- Construction Post-

Construction Phase Construction

Comprehensive Response
 RETA 6467

HIV Prevention and Infrastructure in GMS

• 2008-2011
• Reduce HIV risks and
vulnerabilities in communities
and people affected by
infrastructure projects
• Component 1: 10 subprojects
associated with ADB financed
infrastructure projects in GMS
• Component 2: M&E,
partnership strengthening and
knowledge management
Designing and Implementing HIV Prevention:

Pre- and Post-Construction Projects

Northwest Provincial Road
Improvement Project (NRIP)

Phnom-Penh Ho Chi Minh City

Highway (PP-HCMC) Project
Pre-Construction
Northwest Provincial Road Improvement
• 2009-2011
• NRIP: construction of
(i) NR 56
(ii) O’smach border town
• HIV prevention, anti-
trafficking and safe
migration
• Local communities,
entertainment workers,
uniformed services,
health providers
• Family Health
International
 Component 1 Component 2

Community-Based HIV Prevention

Risk Mitigation for for Entertainment
HIV and Safe Workers and
Migration Uniformed
Services

Component 3 Component 4

Strengthening
Monitoring and
SRH Services at
Evaluation
District-Level
“MY-WAY”- IEC With A Branding Approach
Post-Construction
Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City Highway

• Post Construction HIV Interventions: 2009-2011

• Target migrant and mobile populations and local communities
• Focus on the cross-border area and source and destination
communities for MMPs
• Cross-border collaboration for HIV prevention
 Component 1 Component 2
Community-
Workplace HIV
Based HIV Risk
Prevention
Mitigation
Program
Program

Component 3 Component 4

Capacity and
Monitoring and
Partnership
Evaluation
Building
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