Papua New Guinea 2017 Country Operational Plan Strategic Direction Summary

The PEPFAR program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in collaboration with the leadership of the National Department of Health (NDOH), will focus on key policy-implementation to catalyze and bolster national and provincial HIV, key population (KP) and gender-based violence (GBV) work. The majority of PEPFAR PNG’s program will comprise of above-site with some site-level pilots in support of above-site activities. The program will work to reduce the costs of providing HIV services and increase the sustainability, quality and reach of proven interventions, while also piloting innovations for future scale-up and efficiencies. The PEPFAR PNG program will work with the NDOH to adopt and roll-out new policies for HIV prevention, care and treatment, and prevention and management of GBV.