The evaluation has covered activities related to HIV-sensitive social protection conducted by the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors (referred to as the Joint Programme) from 2018 to December 2022, with a focus on nine countries selected for their broadness and diversity of the UNAIDS geographic scope.
It starts by further defining the evaluation subject and providing a visual overview of its rationale by means of a theory of change (ToC) diagram (section 1). Then, the report presents the evaluation methodology, including its overall approach, criteria and questions, as well as details of the design and implementation of the various evaluation methods (section 2). The evaluation findings are presented by criteria and questions (section 3). Finally, the report concludes with an assessment of the work of the Joint Programme on HIV-sensitive social protection and a series of actionable recommendations for future work.