Somaliland National Aids Commission

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Welcome to SOLNAC website. This website intends to disseminate HIV and AIDS information and sharing knowledge among stakeholders and to promote best practices. The website gives weight to a bottom up structure of knowledge sharing while providing a forum for stakeholders to network, share ideas and experiences and subsequently to improve the struggle against of HIV and AIDS and have Somaliland free from AIDS.
The Somaliland National AIDS Commission (SOLNAC) was established by Presidential Decree No 88/2005 and officially proclaimed on 15th September 2005 and located under the Office of the President “to oversee, plan and coordinate” the multisectoral efforts towards the effective fight against HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Somaliland. Read More
The vision of Somaliland National AIDS Commission is the eventual elimination of HIV/AIDS in Somaliland, by employing current successful interventions worldwide and developing new and more appropriate popular, practical strategies, effective implementation mechanisms and concrete monitoring approaches at national, regional and community levels.
SOLNAC exists to provide leadership in coordination of HIV/AIDS programs and activities of all stakeholders in Somaliland through advocacy, joint planning, monitoring and evaluation for the eventual prevention, control of the spread and elimination of the AIDS scourge in Somaliland.
In 1999, a community based survey on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices (KABP) was carried out in Somaliland. The survey revealed 0.9 percent HIV prevalence in the general population, 4.6 percent among tuberculosis patients and 47 percent HIV prevalence among a limited number of voluntary tested female sex workers. Among antenatal women, HIV and syphilis prevalence were 0.8 and 1.8 percent respectively. According to ‘HIV Test Statistic Among Blood Donors in Somaliland.
The structure of the SOLNACS hinges on four Directorates: Human Resource Development, Communication & Social Mobilization, Clinic, Care and Support and Admin./Finance. There are also management supporting service unities namely Monitoring and Evaluation and gender.

Gender & SGBV

Violence against women (VAW) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represent two profound problems for development and health. The integration of the policies and programs on comprehensive care for VAW and HIV is an urgently necessary strategy for halting both of these epidemics and for advancing gender equality. Development Connections, with the support of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), is implementing an initiative focused on strengthening capacities to further this goal through: a) the creation of a community of practices on the integration of VAW and HIV policies and programs, and b) the design of a manual including the scientific evidence available, best practices and tools for the integration of policies and programs. In this context, several authors from various disciplines have produced the articles included in this publication, which analyze conceptual as well as specific aspects of the linkages between HIV and VAW in diverse population groups and contexts.

SOLNAC have promoted actions intended to stimulate inter-sectoral and integrated responses to HIV and VAW.