Integrated services are now seen as a key strategy for overcoming missed opportunities of meeting the needs of overlapping target populations in HIV prevention and SRH services. Moreover, there is widespread recognition that strengthening linkages between HIV/AIDS and SRH programs could lead to a number of important public health, socio-economic, and individual benefits, such as:
• improving access to and use of key HIV and SRH services
• better access of PLWHA to SRH services tailored to their needs
• reduction in HIV-related stigma and discrimination; improved coverage of undeserved/vulnerable/key populations
• greater support for “dual protection” (correct and consistent condom use to prevent HIV and unintended pregnancy)
• improved quality of care
• decreased duplication of efforts and competition for resources
• better understanding and protection of individuals’ rights
• mutually reinforcing complementarities in legal and policy frameworks
• enhanced program effectiveness and efficiency
• better utilization of scarce human resources for health.
In this light CEDCOW has worked extensively SRHR and HIV/AIDS projects with other organizations. In 2017 CEDCOW through 3 months Rapid Response Fund project with Frontline Aids with theme “Access to Health Services for People with HIV and at Risk in the towns of Kumba and Buea.
