1	CCIH Involvement in Abstinence and Behavior Change for Youth Allison Herling and Ray Martin CCIH Annual Retreat May 29, 2005
2	Youth and AIDS 40 million people worldwide infected with HIV/AIDS 1/2 of new infections are among youth 15-24 years Young people are often the epicenter of an epidemic and the key to prevention
3	President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) $15 billion over 5 years $3 billion allocated for prevention $1 billion allocated for abstinence programming for youth 15 focus countries, mostly in Africa
4	ABY Awards HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Abstinence and Healthy Choices for Youth program (through USAID) $116.7 million (5 year awards) to 13 organizations 9 Christian organizations 5 CCIH members: ADRA, Catholic Relief Services, Food for the Hungry/AERDO Consortium, World Relief, World Vision
5	ABY awards: goals Increased abstinence (among youth) Increased “secondary abstinence” Increase fidelity and monogamous partnerships Avoidance of harmful behaviors: sexual coercion and violence, cross-generational and transactional sex
6	CCIH and the ABCs CCIH has been an advocate for A (abstinence/delayed sexual debut) and B (be faithful/partner reduction) approaches to AIDS prevention Activities: ABCplus listserv, CCIH Forum, discussions with other organizations
7	CCIH and ABY activities Dialogue with USAID about supporting ABY activities This is a new field: need to establish networks evidence base best practices what works? what doesn’t work?
8	USAID ABY workshop On April 13-14, USAID held a 2-day workshop with 13 ABY awardees Time for awardees to share experiences, network, discuss future collaboration Kent Hill, Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID Global Health Bureau, attended and spoke– very supportive of AB-based prevention and FBOs
9	USAID ABY workshop CCIH was invited Allison hired on consultant basis to put together materials for conference and write workshop report Ray was given a chance to talk to whole group about potential “next steps”, coordination among awardees, is there a role for an organization like CCIH?
10	Questions? Thank you.