JULY 2007 — The Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (IMPACT) project was a global USAID program implemented by Family Health International (FHI) and five partners. One of the world's largest and most ambitious HIV/AIDS programs, IMPACT provided comprehensive prevention, care, and treatment services while expanding the numbers of people and geographical areas covered by HIV interventions. From 1997 to 2007, IMPACT reached more than 75 countries with programs that focused on four priorities:

• reducing HIV transmission in large segments of the population
• reducing morbidity and mortality due to HIV/AIDS
  improving the quality of life of the majority of people living with HIV/AIDS
• mitigating the impact of the epidemic, especially on orphans and other vulnerable children

In developing-country settings all over the globe, IMPACT extended lives, prevented disease, allowed infants to enter the world free of illness, cared for orphans, helped adolescents make life-saving choices, and enabled others to die with dignity. By strengthening the capacity of local governments and institutions, IMPACT ensured that developing countries will benefit for years to come.

This report summarizes some of IMPACT's key accomplishments and interventions from its inception to its closing and suggests some possible paths for the way forward.

Learn more about the IMPACT project and view final reports by country.