2014 — This technical brief, by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and FHI 360’s Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnership with Evidence-Based Results (SHARPER) project, describes the introduction of a community-based rapid-response system that provides members of those at an increased risk for HIV and people living with HIV access to appropriate health, legal and police protection when faced with human rights abuses, gender-based violence and stigma and discrimination.