Social protection is defined as the system of policies and programmes designed to reduce and preventpoverty, vulnerability and social exclusion across the life cycle. Social protection encompasses socialassistance interventions, including cash and in-kind transfers, public works and fee waivers; socialinsurance, including contributory pensions and other social insurance; and labour market interventions,including training, wage subsidies and unemployment benefits.
HIV-sensitive social protection measures help mitigate the social and economic impacts of HIV onhouseholds and individuals, and increase access to prevention, treatment, care and support for peopleaffected by or vulnerable to HIV.1There is now strong evidence that social protection measures canreduce vulnerability to HIV infection, improve and extend the lives of people living with HIV, and supportindividuals and families.
In the evaluation of this project, ECOPER conducted a case study in Morocco consisting of a field mission to Rabat, preceded and followed by several online interviews and a documentary review.