NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.

BRIDGES_PLUS is a locally driven effort to ensure the continued improvement, expansion, and long-term sustainability of comprehensive, family-centred, quality-focused HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in four high HIV prevalent states (Benue, Kaduna, Kogi and Gombe) in Nigeria .

The BRIDGES_PLUS provide community and hospital based care and treatment services using an integrated approach, effective linkages (e.g. “hub and spoke” model) and service coordination to ensure continuity of comprehensive service delivery; local capacity building for stewardship to sustain services on the long term. Service delivery activities will be supported through over 600 service delivery entities, including public and private health facilities and CBO. The project will make an important contribution to PEPFAR’s global targets and take significant strides towards sustainability. CIHP will implement quality HIV care, support and treatment services across all thematic areas in line with national guidelines, protocols, and regimens. CIHP is building on it's experience implementing ART and other care services for individuals infected and affected by HIV and AIDS to rapidly scale coverage and access to of ART and PMTCT services to greater than 50% of individuals requiring such services and the promotion of a combination of prevention approach, prioritizing youth, Most-at-Risk Population and with balanced gender-sensitive messaging to address the identified barriers to prevention and access to care and treatment.

Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.