At the beginning of July, the National Multisector Plan in the fight against HIV/AIDS (PNMLS) of North Kivu and MONUC began the installation of information billboards on HIV/AIDs in strategic points, including border zones in Goma in North Kivu province. This project, which was financed by MONUC’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs), will later be extended to other provincial towns: Butembo, Walikale, Rutshuru, Masisi and Lubero.

The World Food Programme's (WFP) "River of Hope" project, part of the UN Joint Programme "Transporting Hope," completed its first trip on the Congo river from Kinshasa to Mbandaka on 9 March 2009. MONUC’s HIV team sensitized the crews and users of river transport on the threat of HIV and means of prevention for 3 weeks from  25 Febrary to 9 March 2009, traveling through the provinces of Kinshasa, Bandundu and Equateur.