POZ is a national NGO, created in 1995 and operating in five sites in Haiti, within Port-au-Prince, Cap Haïtien and Jacmel. POZ aims to reduce the impact of HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections through mobilising communities, and working with youth, people living with HIV, and others affected by the epidemic. In June 2008, POZ and the Alliance began a project funded by the UK’s Big Lottery Fund to increase uptake of HIV prevention, care and treatment services by addressing HIV-related stigma.
We are continuing to work with donors and partners to find ways to provide extra support to people living with HIV, their families and communities who already face significant hardship, and to help our colleagues in POZ, in the aftermath of the earthquake.