PROJECT OVERVIEW

Coalition to build Momentum, Power, Activism, Strategy & Solidarity in Africa (COMPASS Africa) is an innovative, data-informed, and audacious transnational North-South collaboration of global civil society organizations working in the global North and East and Southern Africa. The project is anchored by civil society-led coalitions in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe working in coalition with global and regional partners in America and Uganda to gather, analyse and use evidence and data to shape strategic activist and advocacy campaigns shape strategic activist and advocacy campaigns focused on barriers to a comprehensive, evidence-based HIV/AIDS response.

 

Main Objectives

One of the key objectives of COMPASS Africa since the coalition’s inception in 2017 has been Sustaining and evolving the coalition to set the standard for decolonizing health through transnational coalition-based, Africa-led activism via a milestone-driven, partner-led transition to African leadership, management and grantmaking within the coalition. Thus, in a yearlong landmark and pioneering transition of global leadership from the North to the south, Pangaea Zimbabwe is now the global lead partner in the COMPASS Africa coalition serving as the coalition’s global secretariate since November 2023 and housing the Global coordinator. PZ continues to host the country and regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Results, and Learning (MERL) hub for the COMPASS Africa Coalition since December 2017.

Scope of work

The coalition continues to make an impactful difference in the HIV response through 4 key strategies being;

    • Building the strength and influence of Africa-focused civil society coalitions
    • Using data, information, and analytics to advocate for comprehensive, effective treatment and primary prevention programs that lead to epidemic control
    • Defining priority issues and ambitious change agendas: differentiated service delivery, combination prevention, human resources for health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, key and vulnerable populations, and more
    • Strategic innovation: advancing ambitious advocacy agendas via “business unusual”

Target Population

Geographical Area

  1. Improved development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of laws, policies and approaches supportive of comprehensive, person-centered HIV responses that address barriers to equitable access and meet the needs of those at high risk of HIV infection and those living with HIV, including key populations, adolescents and young people, and other vulnerable populations.
  2. Increased allocation and efficient utilization of human, financial and technical resources from national governments, ODA, and the private sector to programs and partners on the front lines of the HIV response.
  3. Improved country, regional and global pandemic responses to protect global HIV/AIDS gains and improve global health equity, security, governance, and multi-sector collaboration.
  4. A Sustained and evolved North-South coalition to set the standard for transnational coalition-based, Africa-led activism

Results

  1. Improved development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of laws, policies and approaches supportive of comprehensive, person-centered HIV responses that address barriers to equitable access and meet the needs of those at high risk of HIV infection and those living with HIV, including key populations, adolescents and young people, and other vulnerable populations.
  2. Increased allocation and efficient utilization of human, financial and technical resources from national governments, ODA, and the private sector to programs and partners on the front lines of the HIV response.
  3. Improved country, regional and global pandemic responses to protect global HIV/AIDS gains and improve global health equity, security, governance, and multi-sector collaboration.
  4. A Sustained and evolved North-South coalition to set the standard for transnational coalition-based, Africa-led activism.