Pangaea’s Approach

Pangaea is committed to supporting nationally-led sustainable comprehensive HIV strategies, that are rooted in the best available science and which respect the human rights of people affected by and living with HIV.  We provide world-class assistance across three key areas -- direct technical assistance, research, and policy and advocacy.

Direct Technical Assistance

Our technical assistance capability is geared to supporting countries and their partners build strengthen and sustain locally owned programs, rooted in the communities they serve, and integrated into national health and development strategies. Our primary areas of focus include:

  • Health systems integration and strengthening for HIV prevention, care and treatment
  • Innovative technologies to improve health access and service provision
  • Monitoring, evaluation and operations research to identify and implement effective interventions
  • Creating innovative private-public partnerships to strengthen the impact of national AIDS programs

Research

Our research is designed to assist countries systematically evaluate the impact of their HIV interventions for people most affected by HIV, and to document best practices which could be adapted in other settings. Specific types of research include:

  • Formative assessments for adaptation and tailoring of effective intervention models
  • Rigorous monitoring and evaluation of individual projects
  • Operations research for continuous quality improvement and identification of best practices
  • Impact evaluation

Policy and Advocacy

Pangaea’s policy and advocacy strategies are designed to foster supportive national and international policy environments for improving HIV services for marginalized, vulnerable groups.  Specific approaches include;

  •  Providing guidance to legislators to support HIV strategies for marginalized, vulnerable populations, summarizing evidence-informed and human rights-based best practices
  • Mobilizing civil society coalitions to provide high-impact advocacy on key issues affecting marginalized, vulnerable groups with governments and international institutions
  • Forging public private partnership strategies to address major long-term strategic challenges and opportunities in the global AIDS response (primarily treatment and new prevention technologies)

 

 

 


 

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