The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children project (4Children) documented the work of the Expanded IMPACT program in Zimbabwe to promote HIV testing and services (HTS) for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV (OVC). The purpose of the case study is to promote learning from OVC programs that have successfully designed interventions and approaches to increase HTS for children.
The World Education, Inc./Bantwana project, Expanded IMPACT, created demand around HTS for children, while simultaneously bolstering the supply of quality HTS services for children. Through this demand-and-supply lens, the Expanded IMPACT project tackled known barriers and shortcomings through the utilizing specific strategies and approaches. These successes were made possible through the project’s understanding that HIV-related challenges cross sector boundaries, and that an effective response requires bridging the social welfare and health sectors.