Overview

The RST cooperates and builds partnerships with regional institutions at various levels. Key partnerships exist currently with the following entities:

• AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
• Eastern African National Networks of HIV/AIDS Service Organisations (EANNASO)
• East African Community (EAC)
• EngenderHealth
• Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
• International Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected by HIV or AIDS (INERELA+)
• Network of African People Living with HIV and AIDS for Southern Africa Region (NAPSAR+)
• Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN)
• Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI)
• Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication
• Southern Africa Editors Forum (SAEF)
• Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF)
• Southern Africa Trust (SAT) 

Objectives

• Coordinating the response of the UNAIDS cosponsors and other UN entities at regional level
• Supporting the convening, leadership and coordination role of regional intergovernmental organisations
• Strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of regional civil society organisations and resource institutions