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- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
Documents
- Action Guide for United Nations Country Teams : implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
- The guide is designed to help country teams assist national governments in implementing the Declaration. It is based on 3 principles: implementation is a collective responsibility; the emphasis is on strengthening existing capacities, mechanisms and processes, and the Declaration is a unifying, motivational tool.
- Initiating second generation HIV surveillance systems : practical
- The purpose of the guidelines is to assist National AIDS Programmes (NAPs) and Ministries of Health in implementing second generation HIV surveillance systems through a logical and standardized process. More specifically, the guidelines are primarily addressed to programme managers, epidemiologists, social scientists and other experts working in or with national programmes on surveillance issues. They include the following: assessment, consensus, plan and protocol development, implementation and, finally, monitoring and evaluation.
- HIV/AIDS counselling, just a phone call away : Four case studies of telephone hotline/helpline projects
- Telephone helplines (also known as hotlines) are telephone lines set up to take calls from people seeking information on specific topics—such as (in the case of this Best Practice study) HIV/AIDS. Four programmes were chosen to illustrate the Best Practice criteria for helplines: the AIDS Helpline of South Africa’s Department of Health, the reproductive health and sexuality helpline offered by a New Delhi-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) called Talking about Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues (TARSHI), the National AIDS Hotline of Trinidad and Tobago, and the hotline run by Remedios AIDS Foundation of Manila, the Philippines. Together, they illustrate the principles that make helplines so successful in providing HIV/AIDS information and counselling, the challenges helplines face, and the creative approaches that can be taken to meet those challenges.
- The private sector responds to the epidemic : Debswana, a global benchmark : UNAIDS case study
- 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 tragedy (which threatens to reverse all the country’s gains of the past decades) 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 in some detail, together with findings and lessons learned. Debswana’s work on HIV/AIDS represents a ray of hope in a bleak situation and has much to teach the private sector in the region and, perhaps, globally.
- Meeting on care within the context of HIV/AIDS-related research in developing countries : summary of issues and conclusions, 26-28 May 1999, Geneva
- In May 1999, UNAIDS convened a meeting on ‘Care within the context of HIV/AIDS-related research in developing countries’ as part of a series of consultations on the ethics of vaccine trials and biomedical research. The meeting’s objectives were to develop a framework of care for participants in HIV/AIDS-related research in developing countries, as well as to clarify the appropriate responsibilities of the research institutions, health-care professionals, sponsors, communities and governments in the context of research ethics. This report is a summary of the issues discussed at the meeting and the conclusions reached, which included the agreement that the participants’ health and well-being must be the primary concern during HIV-related research and that this concern should prevail over any other concerns, including the interest of science. Based on this summary and the subsequent developments, UNAIDS (in partnership with its collaborators) will consider the development of a guidance document regarding the provision of care in HIV/AIDS-related research.
- HIV/AIDS, human resources and sustainable development : World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg 2002
- Sustainable development implies a balance between environmental and economic and social development. The devastation of the AIDS epidemic is draining the human and institutional capacities that fuel sustainable development. The report concludes that social and economic strategies are more likely to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development if they meet the challenges posed by the AIDS epidemic.
- Paediatric HIV Infection and AIDS : UNAIDS point of view
- This Best Practice document examines how children become infected with HIV; what can be done to prevent infection in children, which includes health education and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission; and, finally, the various ways of reducing the impact of HIV on children (such as promoting early awareness, improving diagnostic facilities, providing vitamin A supplementation and immunization).
- Improving access to care in developing countries : lessons from practice, research, resources and partnerships. Report from a meeting : advocating for access to care and sharing experiences, 29 November – 1 December 2001, Paris
- These background papers collate analyses on key issues and lessons learnt in the implementation of the care agenda. They are the product of 12 months of consultations initiated by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with over 150 specialists representing a broad range of fields relevant to providing care for people living with HIV/AIDS. This publication features contributions from experts that reflect the breadth of a Technical Network on Access to Care. The papers were the background to the Declaration for a Framework for Action: Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Care in Developing Countries which was adopted on 1 December 2001 at a meeting held in Paris, convened at the invitation of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the support of the UNAIDS Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO).
- The faces, voices and skills behind the GIPA Workplace Model in South Africa : UNAIDS case study
- South Africa has begun to explore how best to involve people living with HIV/AIDS in making more effective workplace responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This Case Study reports on a pilot programme—the GIPA Workplace Model—which has been developed over the past four years with United Nations support. The project’s aim is to place trained fieldworkers, living openly with HIV/AIDS, in selected partner organizations in different sectors (government departments, private companies and corporations) so that they could set up, review or enrich workplace policies and programmes.
- HIV voluntary counselling and testing : gateway to prevention and care. Five case studies related to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, tuberculosis, young people, and reaching general population groups
- HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is the gateway to both prevention and care, playing an important role in helping people to change their sexual behaviour and thus reduce HIV transmission. VCT services are being more widely promoted and developed and many countries are gradually instituting VCT as part of their primary healthcare package. The aim of this booklet is to describe the experiences of, and challenges faced by, five programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, which developed effective practices and implemented successful approaches to VCT in relation to four key thematic areas: prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT); tuberculosis (TB); young people; and general population groups. The programmes operate in low-resource settings and many of the experiences and lessons learnt may be transferable beyond country and culture, and strengthened through community mobilization and public policy measures. This booklet highlights the need for VCT not to be seen as a uniform intervention but as a flexible service that can be adapted to the needs of the population it serves.
- Sex work and HIV/AIDS : UNAIDS technical update
- This Technical Update focuses on the challenges involved in the protection of sex workers (and, subsequently, the general population) from HIV infection, and discusses the key elements of various effective interventions. Significantly higher rates of HIV infection have been documented among sex workers and their clients, compared with most other population groups. Though sex work is often a significant means of HIV infection entering the general population, studies indicate that sex workers are among those most likely to respond positively to HIV/STI prevention programmes—for example, by increasing their use of condoms with clients. This document explores the many issues involved in providing care and support for sex workers, preventing entry into sex work, and reducing risk and vulnerability through programmes at the ndividual, community and government levels.
- Reducing Girls’ Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Thai approach
- In Thailand, too many girls find themselves at an early age in the sex industry, usually for lack of other options for earning a living. Young girls are desirable because they are thought to be “safe” and uninfected with HIV, but the risk of infection to them, and thence to their clients, is very high. This case study describes some responses to that problem, focusing on changing the attitudes of girls and their parents in regard to prostitution, and on providing a means for girls to avoid becoming sex workers through improved education and career opportunities.
- HIV/AIDS and human rights : young people in action. A kit of ideas for youth organizations
- When and where misinformation, taboos, prejudice and fear regarding HIV/AIDS predominate, fundamental human rights are repeatedly abused and violated. Young people are often those most vulnerable and exposed. This kit shows that many young people are demonstrating their commitment to take up the challenge and reverse this situation successfully. It is intended to provide young people with information, motivation and inspiration to undertake the creative, daring and crucial action needed to make respect for human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS become a reality for all.
- Knowledge is power: Voluntary HIV counselling and testing in Uganda
- The effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda has been severe. In the late 80s, Uganda had the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Yet, it had few HIV testing services with counselling programmes. As a result, the AIDS Information Centre (AIC) was established to provide anonymous, voluntary and confidential HIV testing and counselling services. It operates under the premise that knowing one’s serostatus is an important intervention in controlling HIV infection. This report documents the history of the AIC, its progress, and the demographic characteristics and HIV rates of its clients. It records AIC’s HIV counselling and testing procedures, and its effect on risk reduction. Complementary integrated services such as family planning, STI management and education and referral for TB are also discussed, in addition to AIC’s various efforts to reach out to the community through drama groups, peer educators and social marketers.
- Criminal law, public health and HIV transmission : a policy options paper
- To assist in the development of sound public policy, this document: proposes principles that should guide thinking on the question of criminal law and HIV/AIDS; identifies a number of public policy considerations that States should take into account when making decisions about the use of the criminal law; considers the alternative to criminalization presented by public health laws discusses if and how the criminal law might be justifiably applied; and concludes with recommendations to governments, police, prosecutors, judges and public health authorities regarding the appropriate use of criminal sanctions and coercive public health measures.
- Summary of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS - United Nations General Assembly, Special Session on HIV/AIDS, 25-27 June 2001, New York
- Summary of the Declaration of Commitment.
- Employers' handbook on HIV/AIDS : a guide for action
- Based on feedback from members of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), and through IOE’s extensive business networks, this handbook documents selected initiatives in the workplace, designed to minimize the impact of HIV/AIDS and to maximize prevention efforts. Such initiatives include HIV/AIDS prevention programmes, making information about the virus widely available in the workplace, encouraging informed and supportive attitudes towards co-workers, and promoting changes in attitudes and behaviour towards sex. Some employers are also establishing care programmes to treat opportunistic infections among workers and families, reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and even offer antiretroviral drugs to attack HIV itself. The handbook also provides details of results obtained and lessons learned from the various initiatives undertaken by employers worldwide.