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The global economic crisis threatens recent gains in health and poverty reduction in developing countries. What is the effect of the crisis on HIV programs, especially in high HIV prevalence countries? What are the possible consequences? What can be done to avoid negative impacts? Much is at risk: increased mortality and morbidity, unplanned interruptions or curtailed access to treatment, with increased risk of HIV transmission, higher future financial costs, increased burden on health systems and reversal of economic and social development gains

The Far Away From Home Club is an initiative that focuses on implementing national policies and providing policy feedback from the provinces to national authorities, while organizing prevention activities for migrant and mobile populations in Can Tho City's Ninh Kieu district, Viet Nam

This is the history of a relatively young organization-UNAIDS, launched in 1996 to strengthen the way in which the United Nations (UN) was responding to AIDS, one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. By 1996, some 15 years since a few cases of the new condition were first reported in a scientific publication, over four million people had died from AIDS, several million were living with HIV and the future predictions were dire. This book relates the struggles and achievements of the institution, and the contribution it has made to the progress, however slow and faltering at times, i

These guidelines are designed to provide policy-makers and planners with practical guidance to tailor their national HIV prevention response so that they respond to the epidemic dynamics and social context of the country and populations who remain most vulnerable to and at risk of HIV infection. They have been developed in consultation with the UNAIDS cosponsors, international collaborating partners, government, civil society leaders and other experts

Ce rapport sur les meilleures pratiques montre comment on peut exploiter au mieux les atouts des travailleurs au sein de la riposte au SIDA. Onze études de cas provenant d'environnements différents décrivent la manière dont les syndicats mettent en place des ripostes audacieuses et imaginatives au VIH sur les lieux de travail: lutter contre la stigmatisation et la discrimination, et combattre les facteurs qui accroissent la vulnérabilité et le risque en éduquant leurs adhérents sur la prévention de la transmission du VIH, en fournissant des soins et un traitement, et en créant des coalitions m

Les données recueillies auprès des communautés de diverses régions du globe démontrent le risque élevé que présente féquemment les hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec des hommes de contracter l'infection à VIH et d'ouvrir ainsi une voie à transmission du virus vers une plus vaste population. Le présent rapport fournit des informations au sujet de différentes actions menées à bien par et pour des hommes ayant des rapports sexuels avec des hommes dans six différents pays de la Région Asie/pacifique. L'analyse des programmes développés montre d'une part qu'y compris au sein des sociétés conser

En 2003, le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR), le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies (PAM) et le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'Enfance (UNICEF) ont lancé une initiative conjointe dans le but d'identifier, à partir de recherches de terrain menées auprès de plusieurs communautés de réfugiés en Afrique, un ensemble de stratégies visant à renforcer la prévention, l'appui, et les soins en matière de VIH, ainsi que les traitements aux personnes vivant avec le VIH, au moyen d'interventions basées sur l'alimentation et la nutrition. Cette importante initiative c

Las presentes directrices están concebidas para proporcionar a los planificadores y formuladores de políticas una orientación práctica que les permita adaptar su respuesta nacional de prevención del VIH, teniendo en cuenta la dinámica de la epidemia y el contexto social del país y las poblaciones que siguen siendo más vulnerables y corren riesgo de infección por el VIH. Se han elaborado en consulta con los copatrocinadores del ONUSIDA, asociados colaboradores internacionales, gobiernos, líderes de la sociedad civil y otros expertos

This Best Practice report shows how the power of working people can be harnessed in the response to AIDS. Eleven case studies from different settings show how trade unions are mounting bold, imaginative responses to HIV in the workplace: challenging stigma and discrimination, addressing the factors that increase vulnerability and risk, educating their members on HIV transmission prevention, providing care and treatment and building worldwide coalitions that campaign for more to be done to tackle the disease

UNAIDS commissioned this report to investigate programmes and sites in low-income and transitional countries which were regarded by international authorities as 'high coverage sites' -that is, where more than 50% of injecting drug users had been reached by one or more HIV-prevention interventions. The most significant finding is that high level coverage can be attained by interventions addressing HIV among injecting drug users in developing and transitional countries. The seven case studies each include a description of the development of the programme and features of the services provided, an

Previous collaborative initiatives with traditional healers in Africa have described case studies and outlined their successes and failures. This document illustrates with clearly defined steps how successful collaborative initiatives have accomplished their objectives, and how the lessons learnt can be put to use in initiating new collaborations or expanding on existing ones. Also featured is a model strategy that can be adapted for reaching out to traditional healers, together with the necessary steps for: building trust among traditional healers and biomedical health practitioners; sharing

The theme of this report reflects a concern that has become increasingly important in the past few years. All too often, good local-level responses to HIV/AIDS-best practices, in other words-have remained local and small-scale. The many lessons learned have not been translated into bigger projects or wider coverage. This report focuses, therefore, on projects and programmes that have been able to scale up or reach out and, in doing so, have brought an improved quality of life to people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS

In many respects, Botswana is Africa's success story. It is peaceful, democratic and prosperous. But it also has the worst AIDS epidemic in the world, with an adult prevalence rate estimated at 35.8%. This case study describes the response to this of one of the most important companies in Botswana-the Debswana diamond-mining company. The company started with an AIDS education and awareness programme, appointed full-time AIDS programme coordinators and developed an HIV/AIDS management policy. It conducted an institutional audit of susceptibility and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, which is reported

Around the world, telephone helplines have proved to be an accessible, affordable and acceptable source of HIV/AIDS information, counselling and referrals for callers from all walks of life. First initiated in high-income countries, helplines have expanded into many low- and middle-income countries, particularly as the latter improve their telecommunications infrastructure and identify HIV/AIDS as a pressing social concern. This Best Practice Case Study offers an opportunity to learn from the experiences of well-established helplines in India, the Philippines, South Africa, and Trinidad and To

In many African countries, traditional healers far outnumber modern health practitioners, and the majority of the population uses traditional medicine. There has been much scepticism about traditional healers but, as this report shows, they can play a prominent role in caring for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as in prevention activities. This report describes three initiatives-in Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda-that have narrowed the gap between the traditional and biomedical health systems. The report also includes anecdotal accounts by traditional healers themselves