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Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS is a process that enables development actors to address the causes and effects of AIDS in an effective and sustained manner, both through their usual work and within their workplace.
Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS refers to adapting development programme work in order to take into account susceptibility to HIV transmission and vulnerability to the impacts of AIDS. It also refers to changing organizational policy and practice in order to reduce the organization’s susceptibility to HIV infection and its vulnerability to the impacts of AIDS. The focus is two-fold; it is on core programme work in the changing context created by HIV and AIDS and, on HIV and AIDS and the organization. Mainstreaming is about making development work responsive and relevant to the changes brought about by HIV and AIDS. It is different from the other terms; AIDS work and Integrated AIDS work.
HIV and AIDS Work: Directly focused on preventing HIV or care, treatment, or support for those who are infected – work which is distinct and implemented separately, from other existing development and humanitarian programmes.
Integrated HIV and AIDS Work: HIV and AIDS work which is implemented along with, or as part of, development and humanitarian work with the focus still on direct prevention, care, treatment or support.
In this context, PDI has undertaken some initiatives like project by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Rural Development. The aim of the UNDP/NACO mainstreaming project is “to support national efforts in halting and reversing the epidemic in India over the next five years (2007-2012) through mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in development responses”.
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