MEASUREMENT/EVALUATION

1. The rates of successful job-matching at employment offices should be tracked quarterly. Data from
employers is also needed to evaluate if applicants stayed employed after successful matching. Reasons
for unsuccessful matching and work dropout should be analysed quarterly.

2. A comprehensive electronic mapping of all the facilities in Mexico City participating in free condom
distribution should be drawn up within 3 months of the program. The map should be dynamically
updated so that timely restocking and redistribution of condoms from areas of lower utilization to
hotspots can be made possible. Concurrently, ongoing surveys should be conducted at sexual health
clinics enquiring about sexual practices, gender identity and condom use. Comparisons of these data,
with condom distribution rates and HIV incidence rates, will offer a more complete picture annually.

3. The enrolment number and successful completion of the empowerment program should be tracked
yearly. Follow-up questionnaires and focus group discussions with the participants, held yearly after
completion of the program should be performed to analyse if they continue to practise learnt concepts.

4. Annually, the cost of running these mobile clinics should also be recorded. Their reach (in terms of
frequency of runs, land area covered, and persons served) and the number of new HIV cases diagnosed
via this avenue should be tracked monthly. We should aim to achieve 75% coverage of Mexico City’s
built up area by the end of 3 years, and 95% by the end of 5 years.

CONCLUSION
There is no scientific ambiguity with regards to the causative pathogen of HIV, but a complex interaction of
determinants (biological, proximate and underlying) contribute to its continual existence as a global health
threat. As such, key initiatives in the form of both structural and individual interventions are required.