“Social enabler interventions” create an environment conducive to a rational HIV/AIDS response by addressing:
- restrictive laws and policies
- stigma and discrimination
- poverty
- illiteracy
- lack of social support
- lack of protective or supportive laws and policies for key populations
- violence
- political instability
- hostile social or law enforcement environments for key populations
- co-morbid conditions that affect vulnerability (i.e. mental illnesses)
- lack of knowledge about methods to prevent infection