The AIDS Competence Process has been integrated in the AKDN’s general policy. …organisations went through the AIDS Competence Process. Discussions took place for the first time. Personnel voluntarily tested its status. In the hospital of … 70% of the staff knows now his HIV status. For the first time, people living with HIV/AIDS are integrated.

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies working in economic, social and cultural development, primarily in Asia and Africa. AKDN represents …% of the Kenyan GDP.

The AIDS Competence Process has been integrated in BTCs’ general policy. The National Facilitation team in Congo is very successful and active: 7 SALT teams with 178 trained facilitators are stimulating the spread of AIDS Competence in 9 provinces.

Heath centres see the number of voluntary testing increase substantially where communities strive for AIDS Competence Process, with the help of facilitators.

At the Police unit of Kinshasa, more then 400 policemen know their HIV status out of 1080, after doing their self-assessment within the unit.

The concept of AIDS Competence was born in Thailand. Northern Thailand applied probably the most successful HIV/AIDS strategies since the beginning of the epidemic. From 1992 until 2002, the prevalence rate in Phayao (among young men of 21 years old) went from 18% down to less then 1%! The main reasons for this success were:
Systematic inclusion of people living with HIV/AIDS All Thai communities discussed the issue, people changed their behaviour and decided to act by themselves! They owned the issue.

They were striving for AIDS Competence!

"Today, our community is confident to tackle new issues like drug use or migration", explains Sumalee Wanarat, a community leader in Northern Thailand.

AIDS Competence leads to Life Competence. The AIDS Competence process has been adapted to malaria and to diabetes.

The exploratory visit in Indonesia, in December 2006, was a great success. The facilitation team visit youth groups, groups of prostitutes, NGO's, people living with HIV, etc. in the provinces of West Kalimantan and Borneo.

Stigma, discrimination and denial of the issue is omni-present. All groups visited where expressing the need to open up the dialogue and asked the Constellation to come back to support that process.