HIV/AIDS Twinning Center
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Twinning partnerships are peer-to-peer relationships between organizations working to improve services for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. These partnerships create an effective framework for building sustainable institutional and human-resource capacity through the open exchange of knowledge, information, and professional experience.
Although the concept of twinning has been around for decades, the terminology is relatively new. In its broadest sense, twinning refers to the partnering of two entities with shared characteristics to achieve a common goal. As an international development tool, twinning is flexible, collaborative, and it can lead to concrete and positive changes.
The HIV/AIDS Twinning Center’s many partnerships and initiatives include: