"In order for AIDS programs and interventions
to be effective, they need the support and involvement of leaders
from all levels and sectors of society. The creation of a supportive
environment for HIV/AIDS programs involves not only the formulation
of appropriate policies and the allocation of resources but also
the mobilization of a broad political consensus that such programs
are necessary for the well being of society. Political support is
defined broadly to include much more than just senior government
leaders and civil servants. Political commitment implies the support
of a broad range of civil and community leaders, at all levels of
society. This includes the public sector, the private sector, nongovernmental
organization leaders, religious leaders, and other influential citizens
at national and local levels. Leaders are the role models in society:
it is not only their votes but also their personal actions and behavior
that send strong signals about what is important." AIDS Impact
Model (AIM) Approach
"Perhaps the cruelest irony of all concerning the global AIDS
epidemic is that the human impact is decimating countries' ability
to act at the very time that increased services to respond to the
crisis are required. Extraordinary pressures are being place on
government management capabilities, budgets and already fragile
social safety nets. Civil society organizations and individual citizens
are organizing and taking on additional responsibilities even though,
for most, resources and capabilities were limited before this additional
challenge emerged. Responding to the epidemic demands the best we
have to offer-from all sectors.
USAID's democracy and governance sector has a perspective and associated
tools to offer to those working on HIV/AIDS. Over the past decade,
USAID has increased its attention to the political aspects of programming
and to the dynamics of the process of change. It has recognized
that political dynamics and participation are integral to achieving
and sustain development results and has created and accumulated
approaches and tools to respond. Those participatory democratic
practices in the public/political realm can have both short- and
long-term effects for HIV/AIDS, health, education or other sector
objectives."
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Improving State Law to Prevent and Treat Infectious Disease |
This study
surveys communicable disease statutes in 50 states and two
U.S. territories, examines and evaluates the current state
of the law, and proposes practical, cost-effective reforms
to improve public health responses to infectious
disease…Infectious disease law in the United States has been
passed piecemeal, in response to specific disease threats.
This body of law consists of three broad, and often
overlapping, types of statutes: sexually transmitted disease
laws, communicable disease laws, and disease-specific
statutes. Most states have enacted laws under each category,
leading to a patchwork of laws, standards, and procedures
within and among the states. |
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Lagging Policy response & impact. |
Lagging
policy response and impact on children: the case of Cote
d’Ivoire |
590 kb pdf |
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Leadership forum on HIV
prevention.
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Now entering its third decade, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has
given few signs of slowing in its progression across the
globe. By the end
of 2000, there were approximately 36 million people living
with HIV/AIDS.
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Pdf 717 kb
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Let
the world know: make your cause news--a beginner's guide to
getting media coverage
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Flip through the news and you probably won't see or hear
much about nonprofit organizations and activists. Why? Part of
the answer is as simple as it is ironic: Most activists are
too busy saving the world to tell journalists about it.
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Local
agricultural knowledge key to fighting HIV/AIDS and food
insecurity
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The explosive impact of HIV/AIDS on food security in Africa
is now well recognized. But little has been done to empower
rural communities with local resources to cope with this
crisis, a report has found.
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Logistics
Programs that deliver
Programs that
deliver
Abstract
Table of contents
Executive Summary
Glossary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Acknowledgements
The Importance of Logistics in HIV/AIDS Programs
Central Information system
Financing & Procurement
Logistics Management Information
No Product-No Program
Warehousing & Consolidated shipping
Logistics Indicators Assessment Tool |
Logistics’
Contributions to better health in developing Countries :
Although it (this report) contains tips for managers, this
publication is not a how-to guide for logistics
practitioners. Instead, it was written to persuade the
policymakers and senior managers of government ministries,
service delivery organizations, and donor agencies to accept
on simple truth—Health and family planning programs cannot
succeed unless the supply chain delivers a reliable,
continuous supply of contraceptives and essential products to
customers
It is hard
to overstate the importance of a central information system
for supply chain management of HIV/AIDS products—without one;
a worldwide commodity provision effort is not possible.
Worksheet to assess time and needs of logistics analysis,
along with questions that need to be asked |
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Logistics and Supply Chain Management of HIV Tests |
Frequently
asked Questions |
165 kb pdf |
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Managing
the impact of HIV/AIDS in Education in KwaZulu Natal
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A
presentation to the national teacher’s Union Advocacy
Conference on HIV/AIDS
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Mapping HIV/AIDS Service Provision for Most At-Risk and
Vulnerable Populations
(Large report-increase download time) |
In
Southeast Asia, there is a narrow window of opportunity to
prevent AIDS from having a more severe impact on the region.
Two decades of experience have demonstrated that
successfully reducing the number of new HIV infections and
providing support to those already infected requires
focusing prevention and care efforts on those most at risk.
It requires implementing wideranging programs and addressing
the economic, social, and structural conditions which
facilitate risk. Achieving success also entails
strengthening human capacity and increasing and maximizing
financial resources. Those countries and regions that have
chosen to provide prevention services on a large scale to
those most in need have been able to turn their epidemics
around and, in some instances, significantly delay the onset
of a future epidemic. |
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kb |
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Measuring Capacity Building |
Capacity
building has become central to USAID health sector assistance
strategies. Experience suggests that achieving better health
outcomes requires both an injection of resources and adequate
local capacity to use those resources effectively |
135 kb pdf |
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Meeting the Global Challenge of
AIDS.
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More people have dies from HIV/AIDS over the last twenty
years than from any other disease in human history.
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Pdf 594 kb
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MEN AND THE HIV
EPIDEMIC |
There has
been increasing awareness that prevailing relationships within
and between the sexes, or gender relations as they are more
usually called, affect not only the development of the
epidemic, but the manner in which individuals, groups and
communities respond |
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Men of Quality are not afraid of
equality.
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Besides deep changes in society, what we need is a deeply
spiritual transformation in the identity of men
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Methods and procedures for estimating HIV/AIDS and its
impact-2001 |
This paper
describes the general process by which the estimation and
modeling procedures have been refined and improved over
time. The paper also discusses the limitations and
weaknesses of the procedures and the data used to make the
estimates, and suggests areas where further improvements
need to be made |
Pdf 123 kb |
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Missing the Target-A report on HIV/AIDS treatment access
from the Frontlines |
In every
country surveyed there were concerns about inadequate
leadership at the national level and the subsequent failure
to dedicate sufficient resources or mobilize governments.
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Pdf 537 kb |
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Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemics in Botswana and India: impact
of interventions to prevent transmission |
The
interventions directed at sex workers as well as those
dealing with sexually transmitted infections showed promise
for long-term prevention of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection, although their relative ranking was
uncertain. In India, a sex worker intervention would drive
the epidemic to extinction. In Botswana none of the
interventions alone would achieve this, although the
prevalence of HIV would be reduced by almost 50%.
Mother-to-child transmission programmes could reduce HIV
transmission to infants, but would have no impact on the
epidemic itself. In the long run, interventions targeting
sexual transmission would be even more effective in reducing
the number of HIV-infected children than mother-to-child
transmission programmes |
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Money matters-financing the global
epidemic.
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Sectoral Impact: what we know, don’t know and need to
know: the true cost of AIDS
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Pdf 295 kb
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National AIDS Coordinating Authorities: A synthesis of
lessons learned and taking learning forward |
This
paper briefly outlines some of the key challenges facing
National AIDS Coordinating Authorities (NACAs) in
fulfilling their roles in promoting better harmonisation
and alignment of national responses to HIV AND AIDS. The
paper suggests that some of the underlying problems
facing NACAs stem from broader governance issues
concerning the transferability of institutional models
and political incentives for doing something about AIDS.
Without further analysis of the political economy of
AIDS responses many of the existing challenges faced by
NACAs are likely to persist. This paper draws on a
number of institutional reviews of NACAs undertaken by
DFID’s Health Resource Centre, country reviews of the
application of the Three Ones principles commissioned by
UNAIDS, and independent reviews of the World Bank’s
strategy for HIV and AIDS. |
Pdf 368 kb |
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National Association of People with AIDS Supports |
Founded in 1983, the National Association of People with
AIDS (NAPWA-US) promotes the benefits of HIV testing as
part of a comprehensive strategy to combat HIV/AIDS. We
recognize that HIV testing acceptance is a critical step
in the lives of people with HIV. Receiving an
HIV-positive test result can be a scary and difficult
experience. But for many people, the decision to know is
also a path toward a better, healthier, and longer life. |
Pdf 184 kb |
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Nationalism, Sexuality, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in
Modern Greece |
This
examination of the HIV/AIDS situation in Greece focuses on the
administrative policy of the state and its relationship to the
public conception of the disease. This paper
incorporates a holistic perspective that considers the
country’s unique geographical, political, and cultural
position and extends beyond health statistics to consider how
conceptions of sexuality and nationality have influenced and
been influenced by the relatively recent epidemic |
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New report reveals: Education could save seven million young
people from HIV |
Seven million
cases of HIV could be prevented in a decade if all children in
the world received a complete primary education, reveals a
ground-breaking new report released today by the Global
Campaign for Education. |
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NGO code of Good Practice-responding to HIV/AIDS |
Today,
human security is being threatened by HIV/AIDS, as the virus
destabilizes society and the state in various ways—as the
economically active succumb to AIDS-related illnesses,
families, households, workplaces, and communities are
disrupted, income levels are reduced, the social fabric
undermined, and economies are weakened |
248 kb pdf |
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Overview of the Impact & best responses. |
Impact and
best practice response in favour of children in a world
affected by HIV/AIDS |
261 kb pdf |
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Overcoming Political Impediments
to Effective AIDS Policy |
In
the case of HIV/AIDS, the policies that will best protect the
average citizen are not necessarily popular. Politicians and
government officials, who may themselves be unsure of the best
policies for confronting the epidemic, have the difficult task
of explaining to the public why taxes should be spent
subsidizing condoms and STD treatment for prostitutes and
clean needles for injecting drug users. Conservative social
and religious groups, perhaps not fully appreciating the great
harm that can arise from failing to prevent the spread of HIV,
may oppose efforts to reduce the risks involved in commercial
sex or injecting drug use, or to encourage condom use
generally, out of concern that these efforts will encourage
behavior they regard as immoral. Business interests, having
immediate profits in mind, may apply the kind of pressure to
government that was dramatized in Henrik Ibsen’s 1883 play
An Enemy of the People: a physician who discovers that his
Norwegian town’s polluted public baths are a threat to
tourists’ health is pressured to keep silent by the
democratically elected mayor and his supporters, and
ultimately declared to be an “enemy of the people” himself. |
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Peer education and HIV/AIDS: Concepts, uses and challenges |
This
paper introduces the goals and objectives of the
consultation, discusses the definition of and the theory
behind peer education, and presents the findings of
prior efforts to analyse HIV/AIDS peer education
programmes. The paper also presents the results of the
needs assessment and the literature review, and
concludes with recommendations aimed at further defining
a set of best practices in the area of HIV/AIDS PEER
EDUCATION. |
323 kb
PDF |
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Peer
influence groups: identifying dense clusters in large networks |
Early
social network theorists argued that the power of social
networks lies in large-scale connectivity. The extended
effects of social networks are clear when we consider the
spread of diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, that have crossed the
globe through an intimate but far-reaching social network. |
743 kb pdf |
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Policy
and advocacy in HIV/AIDS prevention
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This
handbook provides suggestions for getting involved in policy
development. It is written for program managers and policy
advocates and others who are interested in advocacy work and
in the policy aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention
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97
kb pdf
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Politicians
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Leadership,
both political and public, appears to be a fundamental
requirement for an effective response to HIV/AIDS, yet in
countries around the world it is frequently identified as
inadequate or absent
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402
kb pdf
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Positive
Development Book
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 |
This manual
has been written for people working in groups: support and
self-help groups of and for people with HIV and AIDS, groups
which also include families, friends and carer; and groups
that are educating, campaigning or lobbying for the rights of
people with HIV. |
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Potomac Statement on
Investment in Routine Health Information in developing
countries.
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What is the role of routine health information in securing
adequate health system performance in developing countries?
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Pdf 117 kb
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Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: Do They matter for
Children and Young People made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS? |
In order
to break this cycle, there is a strong need to strengthen
the poverty reduction content of PRSPs by addressing the
specific needs and rights of the people affected by
HIV/AIDS, especially those of vulnerable children, orphans
and women. As highlighted in this review, despite their
implications for poverty reduction, orphans and vulnerable
children receive less attention than prevention amongst
young people, PMTCT, and care and support to children and
families living with HIV/AIDS. This may be attributable to
subsuming orphans and vulnerable children within the context
of care and support for families living with HIV/AIDS. Care
and support interventions are largely limited to the health
sector, while orphans and vulnerable children need multi-sectoral
support. The limited attention given to these social groups
may also be attributed to the fact that most National
HIV/AIDS Strategic Plans (NSPs) give minimal attention to
the issue of orphans and vulnerable children, despite the
magnitude of this problem in some countries. |
Pdf 550 kb |
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PREVENTING TRUCK DRIVERS FROM RISK BEHAVIOUR |
Power
Point Presentation |
Pdf 334 kb |
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Primary School Teachers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
on HIV/AIDS, Life Skills, Gender and Sexuality |
The study
revealed that a significant number of teachers did not have
adequate general knowledge of the sexually transmitted
diseases, including AIDS, while others had either incorrect
or little information. Approximately, 85% of teachers said
that they encountered problems in finding appropriate
responses to questions related to HIV and AIDS with more
female teachers (88%) than male teachers (78%) indicating
greater difficulties. In addition, less than 20% of the
in-service female and male teachers were able to give
correct estimates of HIV prevalence |
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Quantitative Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs |
The
epidemic of HIV, the cause of AIDS has led to the infection of
an estimated 58 million people worldwide, 22 million of whom
have already died. HIV and AIDS have reduced life
expectancies by more than 10 years in hard hit countries such
as Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, and by 22 years in
Zimbabwe. The impact of this epidemic reaches beyond those
directly infected with HIV. Children with HIV-infected
parents become orphans, while networks of friends and families
suffer as loved ones become infected and ill. Economies are
stripped of productive participants, and scarce societal
resources must be redirected from other public pursuits toward
HIV/AIDS-specific activities such as medical care for HIV- and
AIDS-afflicted persons. |
1117 kb
pdf |
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Rapid Assessment of the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Racial and Ethnic
Minority Communities |
Data
from the first 3 cities provided critical information
about changing the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic at
the local level, including program and policy changes
and infrastructure redeployment targeted at the most
serious social and environmental conditions |
Pdf
188 kb |
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Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care-Legal and Ethical
Questions |
Early
in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a concerted effort was made to
address the issues surrounding HIV-antibody testing and
confidentiality in a way that would respect the human rights
of individuals, yet at the same time promote the goals of
protecting public health. |
712 kb pdf |
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Report of the National Conference on Human Rights and HIV/AIDS |
HIV/AIDS is not merely a medical problem: the manner
in which the virus is impacting upon society reveals the
intricate way in which social, economic, cultural, political
and legal factors act together to make certain sections of
society more vulnerable. The epidemic exposes the
method and the impact of marginalisation and inequality
in clear terms
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Resiliency Approach to Adolescent Reproductive Health |
Power
Point Presentation |
171 kb pdf |
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Response to the Report of the 3rd Meeting of the
Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee for HIV/AIDS
(May 2006) |
The plan sets out the strategic directions and priority
health sector interventions which will guide normative
work and technical support across the whole
organization, including 30 HQ departments and the 6
regional offices and country offices for the next four
years. The plan
promotes a comprehensive health sector response to
HIV/AIDS based on a model essential package of health
interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and
care, while at the same time contributing to the broader
strengthening of health systems. The plan includes
specific products and services for the period 2006-2007
and indicative activities and deliverables for the
period 2008-2010. |
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Reversing the Tide: Priorities for HIV/AIDS Prevention in
Central Asia (Large
report-increase download time) |
This
study aims to identify strategies for ensuring early and
effective intervention to control the AIDS epidemic in Central
Asia at national and regional levels, considering priorities
based on global evidence. |
3641 kb pdf |
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Right to Know
(Large report-increase download time)
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In recent years, communities across the world have faced a
disturbing fact: AIDS has become a disease of the young
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Right
to Know Initiative-Global
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The
Right to Know (RTK) Initiative is a global youth communication
and outreach initiative designed to address the need for
information, knowledge, and understanding of HIV/AIDS and
related issues among young people around the world.
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Role of core and bridging groups in the transmission dynamics
of HIV and STIs |
The
potential for exposure of low and high risk women to HIV
and sexually transmitted infections (STI) through
unprotected sex with male clients of female sex
workers in Cotonou could account for most if not
all of the estimated yearly numbers of HIV
infections in Cotonou women (1000).
As ongoing transmission of HIV, and also of the
most predominant STIs such as gonorrhoea and HSV-2,
appears to be largely fuelled by transmission within
core and bridging groups in Cotonou, interventions
targeted at both female sex workers and their male
clients remain of the utmost importance and could
have a significant effect on the evolution of HIV/STI
epidemics in Benin. |
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SCALING UP FOR PEOPLE |
The human
rights of people living with HIV, the availability of
affordable HIV-related commodities, improved human resources
and systems to deliver services, and .financing that can be
counted on: these were the key issues discussed by the
Global Steering Committee on scaling up towards universal
access during its .rest meeting in Washington, DC.
Co-chaired by UNAIDS and DFID, the Global Steering Committee
made preliminary proposals for actions to overcome these
obstacles, and also suggested principles for countries to
set their own targets to scale up HIV prevention, treatment,
care and support between 2006 and 2010. |
Pdf 183 kb |
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Setting Government Priorities in Preventing HIV/AIDS |
Public
policy has proved to be an effective weapon in containing
the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Governments can have the greatest
impact by providing incentives for those most likely to
spread HIV to adopt safer behavior |
Pdf 510 kb |
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Sexual Activity and Youth
|
Unfortunately, the long-term trends in sexual activity among
youth until recently have not been promising – the rates of
sexual activity have climbed steadily for over two decades,
though the latest data gives us hope. About 20 percent more
males and females are having sex today by the age of 18 than
were in the early 1970s.1 Very few young adolescents are
sexually active, but as age increases so does the risk of
engaging in sexual activity. |
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Sexually transmitted infections in male clients of female sex
workers in Benin |
Since most
STIs are asymptomatic in this population, case
finding programmes for gonorrhoea and chlamydia could be
useful. The performance characteristics of the LED test
in this study suggest that it could be useful to
detect asymptomatic infection by either C
trachomatis or N gonorrhoeae in high risk
men |
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Ryan
White Act
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Short
version of the US law
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26
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Ryan
White Act 1996 Amended
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Changes
in the US law
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143
kb pdf
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Sermon ideas for World's AIDS
day-2000 |
As people
of faith we believe that it is just to fight against
discrimination, to fight for a just sharing of resources so
that all people wherever they happen to live on this globe
have the same access to prevention, care and treatment. This
conviction should also give us the courage to stand up and
persistently approach those who oppose just solutions, whether
in the churches, the industry or the government. |
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Social
Policy Strategies to combat income poverty of children and
families in Europe
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In
the EU there is growing concern about poverty among children,
and among families with children.
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378
kb pdf
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Strategic
Management tools to support HIV/AIDS policy change
(Large report-increase download time)
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This project has developed an
implementation task framework along with a series of tools and
approaches for managing each of the critical implementation
tasks
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1,240 kb pdf
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Strategy
on HIV/AIDS and Investigative Journalism
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It is a defining attribute of democracy that people should
not merely have voice on how but they must and should be able
to exert influence on the public process in which they deserve
the best information on HIV/AIDS epidemic, they must be aware
of developments, findings and research not only at home, but
to have regular flow of information from abroad and be able to
present the nature of its problems to the officials that will
deal with them
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Strategies to Tackle Social and Labour Implications of
HIV/AIDS |
HIV/AIDS is
undoubtedly the single most important and daunting health
problem facing Africa. Globally too, this is one of the most
serious health, medical and social preoccupations of our
time… The true cost of this pandemic is almost incalculable
and its repercussions in terms of deteriorating child
survival, diminishing life expectancy rates, overburdened
health care systems, increasing orphanhoods and substantial
financial losses in the business world are enormous. |
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Structural
factors in HIV prevention: concepts, examples, and
implications for research
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HIV-prevention behavior is affected by the environment as
well as by characteristics of individuals at risk. HIV-related
structural factors are defined as barriers to, or facilitators
of, an individual's HIV prevention behaviors; they may relate
to economic, social, policy, organizational or other aspects
of the environment. IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS
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Targeting HIV-prevention efforts on truck drivers and sex
workers: implications for a decline in the spread of HIV in
Southern Africa |
The role of
mobile populations in the spread of the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) has been documented in several countries
worldwide.1-4 The role of truck drivers and sex workers in the
spread of HIV has been studied in Africa,5 India,6 and the
USA.7 Due to the migratory nature of their occupation, truck
drivers tend to have multiple sexual partners. |
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THE ABC Disaster |
Since the
introduction of ABC there has been scepticism, but almost of
an apologetic sort. What could be heard was that abstinence
is "of course" the ideal but since the reality is different,
the messages should be targeting sexually active people. All
couples being faithful is "of course" what we all would like
to see, but since the reality is different, we need to talk
a lot about condoms. Over the years, the A and B of the ABC
tend to get a lot more emphasis than the C (clearly
reflected in the materials and manuals where condoms feature
on the last one or two pages of the teachers' guide).
Something else also happened in the process: a whole
generation of teachers, counsellors, and others involved in
educating young people, who themselves enjoyed an at that
time unprecedented sexual freedom in their adolescent years,
are preaching abstinence without even confronting their own
history, desires and practices within what they preach |
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The ABCs of HIV Prevention |
Abstaining
from sexual activity, mutual monogamy, and condom use are
three key behaviors that can prevent or reduce the likelihood
of sexual transmission of the AIDS virus. These behaviors are
often included together under a comprehensive "ABC" approach -
A for abstinence (or delayed sexual initiation among youth), B
for being
faithful (or reduction in number of sexual partners), and C
for correct and consistent condom use, especially for casual
sexual activity and other high-risk situations. |
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The
African Religious Leaders Assembly on Children and
HIV/AIDS
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The
purpose of this meeting was to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS
on children and to launch a continent-wide campaign to further
engage religious communities in efforts to expand care and to
reduce the stigma often associated with AIDS. Specifically,
the Assembly was convened to galvanise the commitment and
engagement of African religious leaders on behalf of children
and to encourage them to mobilise their entire religious
communities
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The
effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies under alternative
scenarios: evaluation with the STDSIM model
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In
developing countries sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV infection are a major cause of acute and chronic disease
and of premature death
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173
kb pdf
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The Globalization of Disease |
Annan warned that AIDS leaches profits out of economies and
businesses and raises new barriers to development and economic
growth. He cautioned that the widening gaps between wealthy
and poor, which AIDS and other diseases are expanding, could
accelerate the growing backlash against globalization. While
global markets have created unprecedented economic
opportunities and growth, the benefits have not been equally
distributed, and the risks—especially the health risks—of an
increasingly interlinked and interdependent world have not
been thoroughly considered. |
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Civil Society |
Assessing
and mitigating impact-tools and models for NGOs and CBOs |
561 kb pdf |
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The
negotiating strategies determining coitus in stable
heterosexual relationships
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Heterosexual behavior is a
complex subject and one which is aggravated by confounding
variables.
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39 kb pdf
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The ‘So
What?’ Report |
A look at
whether integrating a gender focus into programs makes a
difference to outcomes |
864 kb pdf |
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The Sound of Silence-Difficulties in communicating on HIV/AIDS
in schools |
Education
and HIV/AIDS. Two issues which have often fallen under
different spheres of responsibility, yet they are so
interlinked: goals of universal primary education are
increasingly unattainable as AIDS epidemics force children to
drop out of school, and education is a necessary part of any
response to abate HIV incidence. |
476 kb pdf |
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Trainers’ Handbook on HIV & AIDS Mainstreaming |
This
Handbook is part of ACORD’s effort to strengthen its
capacity and that of its partners in mainstreaming HIV &
AIDS in development programs. It is designed for use mainly,
but not exclusively, by development programs. The
Handbook gives information that will support facilitators
using ACORD’s Generic Trainers Guide on HIV & AIDS
Mainstreaming. Trainers are encouraged to seek more
information from other sources to further strengthen their
knowledge of the concept highlighted in this Handbook. |
Pdf 642 kb |
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The Way
Forward.
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The Context of HIV and Human Development: Policy Challenges
for South Asia
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Pdf 142 kb
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Teaching aid for Children-discussing AIDS |
Set of
exercises used for this discussion |
404 kb pdf |
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Tool to Assess site Program readiness for Initiating
Antiretroviral Therapy |
The tool
can also be used for site self-assessment, to assist sites and
donors to identify areas in need of technical assistance and
to assist programs in determining sites for ART introduction
and scale up. |
112 kb pdf |
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UK working group on education and HIV/AIDS |
Approaches
to examining the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers-Policy and
Research |
307 kb pdf |
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'UNLESS THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR, THERE
WILL BE NO DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC' |
The
statistics indicate what few officials are willing to admit:
that this region faces a crisis of shattered mores, where
sexuality is no longer guided by traditional norms. In an
environment where old rules have clashed with, or been
eclipsed by, rapid social change, African men are killing
themselves - and their women and children - with sex.
Hiding behind a historical reluctance to speak openly about
sex, African political and religious leaders have failed to
acknowledge this deeper cultural crisis at the root of the
AIDS epidemic. And international experts, averse to sounding
judgmental or racist, tread lightly on the epidemic's
behavioral undercurrents. Behavior, consequently, has been
narrowly defined as simply having safe sex. But as effective
as condoms are in stopping the transmission of HIV, they do
not stop epidemics. |
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Various Roles of Economics in Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic |
Policymakers
need a reasonably complete picture of resource flows from
sources to uses that finance HIV/AIDS prevention, care,
support, and treatment. Without that picture, they risk
misallocation, waste, and faulty strategic planning. |
548 kb pdf |
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VASAI
Shows the Way: Vasai Region AIDS Control Society VRACS
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At the end of 2002, the estimated HIV infected population
in India is at 4.58 million; a significant leap from the 3.97
million in 2001. Of this 61.5% are males. Pregnant women
account for a full 1 percent of the infected population, a
clear indication of the movement of the epidemic into the
general population
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Viewing HIV/AIDS from a development perspective |
One of the major
development challenges we face is that of tackling the growing
HIV/AIDS pandemic. The pandemic is not just a public health
issue but has implications far beyond the health sector. This
makes it necessary – more than ever before – to adopt a
participatory and holistic approach towards halting the spread
of the pandemic. Promoting partnerships and collaboration among
different State and non-State actors will have to be an
important element of this approach. |
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Voluntary
Counseling & Testing Operational Guidelines 2004 |
Voluntary
Counseling and Testing provides for all segments of the
population, an opportunity to access complete and accurate
information on HIV/AIDS. This is a critical entry point to
prevention, care, support and treatment for all people, and
particularly for those already infected and affected. |
339 kb pdf |
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Voluntary testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
in a prison population with a high prevalence of HIV |
