DRC Strategic Direction Summary, 2023
In support of the National AIDS Control Program (PNLS), PEPFAR/Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to implement a robust portfolio of programs to achieve epidemic control in three key provinces, which represent approximately 50 percent of the total number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the DRC. The strategy for the PEPFAR Country Operational Plan (COP) for the period from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2025 (COP 2023) will continue the programmatic priorities implemented in COP 2022, including strategically expanding and strengthening people-centered activities to attain epidemic control in Haut-Katanga, Lualaba, and select health zones in Kinshasa. Maintaining health systems critical to finding and maintaining patients on treatment will be pursued.