7TH AIDS MEDIUM TERM PLAN 2023 TO 2028

PHILIPPINES:FAST TRACKING TO 2030

The 7th AIDS Medium Term Plan - 2023 to 2028 Philippines: Fast Tracking to 2030 addresses the gaps
identified in the 6th AMTP’s evaluation in addition to strategies that were agreed upon in a series of consultations
by stakeholders to fast track the country’s share to its global commitment to end AIDS by 2030.

The 7th AMTP is a “catch up to the catch up plan” that was derailed by the COVID 19 pandemic. The high level
targets of the 7th AMTP are linked to the promise of the Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and
Getting On Track to End AIDS by 2030 (June 2021):

PREVENT TREAT PROTECT STRENGTHEN SUSTAIN

95% of 10 to 24-year- 95% of PLHIV know Less than 10% of Responsive Fully-resourced and
old key populations their status PLHIV and KP governance sustainable HIV
have basic knowledge experience stigma and strengthened response
on HIV transmission 95% of PLHIV who discrimination
and prevention know their status are Harmonized and crisis-
on ART Less than 10% of resilient multi-sectoral
Prevent new infections, PLHIV and KP response
especially among 10 to 95% of PLHIV on ART experience gender
24-year-old key have suppressed viral inequality and violence
populations loads

Eliminate mother-to-
child transmission

Achieving these targets requires a robust shift in the thrust of the response, accelerating the creation and/or
enhancements in the enabling environment, and renewed and active commitment from key actors and
collaborating stakeholders.

To fulfill the above, the 7th AMTP carries five (5) Strategy Pillars with distinct but interconnected sub-strategies
details of which shall be fleshed out in an all-stakeholder-wide operational planning in first quarter of 2023. The
five (5) strategy pillars, namely:
 PREVENT STRENGTHEN SUSTAIN
TREAT PROTECT governance and leadership
new infections among key and vulnerable the harmonized, rights-based,
people living with HIV and improve their the rights of PLHIV, KP, accountabilities, and systems for health,
populations including adolescents and fully resourced and crisis-resilient HIV
health outcomes and well-being and people at risk of HIV non-health, community and strategic
pregnant women response
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7TH AMTP FRAMEWORK

They are intertwined and interdependent. An improvement, whether in the form of enrichment, refinement, revision,
or amendment to policies, procedures, implementation protocols, leadership and governance, coordination and
collaborative mechanisms, crisis-resiliency, and financing will contribute to the overall strengthening of the HIV
response machinery.

The 7th AMTP adopts the life cycle approach where HIV prevention is the rudimentary and staple feature in every
Filipino’s fetal, neonatal, child/youthhood, and up to adulthood stages of his/her life. In the life cycle approach, the
population further disaggregates to the key and vulnerable groups that are targeted for focused behavior change
communication processes within the continuum of HIV care cascade.
 The guideposts of the National HIV and AIDS Response (AIDS Medium Term Plans) are:

1. PNAC Oversight – the Council shall continue its steering function in order to provide guidance in the
implementation and monitoring of the AMTP which shall be supported by an active and competent Secretariat.
2. Efficient Implementation of all interventions and activities by all key players at all levels of implementation.
3. Sustainable Financing of HIV programs and activities from the domestic front.
4. The National HIV Monitoring and Evaluation System should be able to track progress and inform the AMTP
implementation.

COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

It is a given that implementing the 7TH

The 7th AMTP shall follow the 6th AMTP recommended coordination and implementation scheme, which is strategic
clustering where “cluster” acts as a sub-coordinating body to identify and address gaps, identify where synergy and
convergence can happen, and monitor and evaluate the progress of the response.
The clusters - 1) Education and Social Behavior Change Communication, 2) National and Local Health Care Delivery
Networks, 3) Human Rights, Gender and Social Protection, and 4) Policies, Systems and Financing- are envisioned to
work collaboratively and in synergy within the context of their respective agency/organizational mandates for the 7th
AMTP.

PNAC, as the central coordinating and policy-making body at the national level, will closely collaborate with regional
and local clusters through its monitoring and evaluation arm. Coordinating each cluster will be a PNAC-mandated
technical expert who is adept at addressing related issues to her or his assigned cluster. The PNAC Secretariat should
reconfigure itself to assign focal units or persons to assist the strategic clusters in executing their responsibilities. The
key agencies will be grouped into implementing/monitoring clusters based on their constituency and mandates.

7TH AMTP M&E FRAMEWORK

Anchored on the 7th AMTP Framework, the M&E framework highlights the core indicators, high level targets and
impact which the 7th AMTP aims to achieve.

CORE M&E INDICATORS

Thirty core indicators were identified to monitor the outcomes of the five strategy pillars. Previous M&E plans from
past AMTPs, the DOH Health Sector M&E plan, the CLM Roadmap, and the Human Rights Roadmap were referenced
in crafting the indicators. Further, these indicators were aligned with global definitions. Necessary adjustments were
made to fit the country context.

Capacity to measure the indicators, through current or future methods/systems, were considered. 13 of the 30
indicators, mostly from the protect, strengthen, and sustain strategy pillars, have no current means of measurement.
Potential data sources were listed for the council’s reference and consideration.

It is important to note that analyses of these indicators must include disaggregation per demographic characteristics,
SOGIE, risk behavior, geographic areas, mode of service delivery (DSD), and other relevant factors to have a detailed
sense of the achievements. Moreover, trends analyzed through years of implementation, and triangulation from
multiple sources will aid in enriching insight from the measurements. Also, cross-analyses of the indicators with each
other (for example: the 95-95-95 indicators analyzed with service quality, stigma and discrimination, amount of
investments) will be helpful in getting a holistic status of the response.