This issue of Snapshots from the Field examines the expanded and comprehensive response (ECR) to HIV/AIDS.

ECR is an action framework that mobilizes resources and organizational capacity to effectively and rapidly deliver an expanded and comprehensive response to the HIV epidemic. ECR supports a shift from project-based programming to systems-based programming, from experimental pilots to evidence-based interventions, from limited access to an expanded response, and from prevention-centered programs to a comprehensive continuum of care.

Four countries where FHI works have developed ECR initiatives: China, Ethiopia, India and Kenya. Guinea, Guyana and Nigeria are beginning ECR processes, as well. These countries have followed a flexible sequence of steps that can guide other country efforts. Learn about these programs in the latest edition of Snapshots from the Field.