G3P Database Access

To effectively capture and share knowledge and recent lessons learned in HIV and AIDS programming, AIDSTAR-One hosts a searchable online database of good and promising programmatic practices (G3Ps) from around the world.

• Click here to search the database of G3Ps. You do not need to log on to conduct a search.  Please note that the G3P database is currently undergoing revisions.

• Click here to nominate a practice or program for inclusion in the G3P database. You must register or log on to AIDSTAR-One in order to nominate a program.

• Click here to learn more about G3Ps, including how they are categorized and rated.

Good & Promising Programmatic Practices (G3Ps)
A categorization of practices and programs related to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support that include variables such as program content, geographic region/country, epidemic stage, target population, service delivery type, as well as identifying good and promising programmatic practices.

G3P Matrix & Database Description
Efforts in the past decade have focused on identifying “best practices.” There have been several initiatives to collect, but little ability to categorize practices, in large part because of a lack of consensus on what is “best.” AIDSTAR-One’s focus on good and promising programmatic practices overcomes the consensus issue. AIDSTAR-One is developing a searchable database available to program planners and implementers that allows them to tailor a search for already implemented HIV programs that may be used to inform their efforts.

Each entry is categorized according to its evidence level. By evidence level we mean the amount and type of information available to determine a program’s feasibility and effectiveness. Search results are synthesized across three levels using six criteria relating to the presence of specific program elements. These criteria are Target Population, Program Implementation, Availability of Program Evaluation Documentation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement, and Funding Support. Results are categorized by evidence level making it much easier for field designers and program managers to find viable program models and where possible tools that have been previously implemented in the field. G3Ps have been catorgorized into three levels:

• Level 1: A well described program that has been implemented for at least one year with a specified target population. Some level of formative evaluation has taken place and M&E data has been collected for at least one year. The program achieved some of its expected results and there are plans for quality improvement.
• Level 2: The program has been implemented for at least two years, there is a mid-term or final evaluation and the program has met or exceeded its stated performance goals.
• Level 3: More than two years of program experience is documented, the program has measurable outcomes or impacts and the effort has been externally evaluated.

The G3P database is not intended to evaluate programs/practices, nor is it designed to determine programmatic “gold” standards or establish best practices. Rather it is designed to classify programs/practices in order to facilitate decision-making by program planners and designers.