Building HIV-sensitive social protection systems through the “Cash Plus Care” model: Findings from East and Southern Africa

The Cash Plus Care intervention started implementation in 2014 in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.  The intervention aims to build the evidence for operational guidance needed on the linking HIV/AIDS services to national social protection programs.  This fact sheet provides some key learning after 18 months of implementation including these common observations: (1) Cash transfers are HIV-sensitive and reaching HIV-affected families (2) The role of case management workers is critical to reach communities effectively and should be sustained. (3) Collaboration across a range of ministries has led to a trickle-down effect at the grassroots level.