Расширение участия людей, живущих с БИЧ/СПИДом пли пострадавших от БИЧ/СПИДа (РЛВС)

Throughout the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the role gender relations play in the spread of the virus has gained increasing recognition. For example, women worldwide are less likely than men to be able to control whether, when and how sex takes place. It is also becoming clearer that women cannot change prevailing gender relations without the support of their male partners. Thus, engaging men is a critical component in HIV/AIDS prevention. This document helps those working with men, specifically in the field of HIV prevention, as well as more broadly in the areas of improved sexual and reproductive health. It examines 12 diverse projects, including Project Papai, which works with young men in Recife, Brazil to promote participation in health, education and child-rearing. It is believed that an analysis of their strategies and lessons learned would generate common ground on men’s needs in association with HIV/AIDS and their general health, and would provide insights into effective approaches for working with men.

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This Nutrition Policy Paper is based on the ACC/SCN Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS held in Nairobi in April 2001. The objective of the symposium was, firstly, to stimulate collaboration between the nutrition and HIV/AIDS communities. The second objective was to examine a broad range of nutrition issues that have a direct bearing on policies and programmes aimed at stemming the spread of HIV and mitigating the worst effects of AIDS. This report provides technical information, policy guidance and informal reflections. It also contains the ACC/SCN statement arising from the symposium, and in Annex 1, a fact sheet on the interactions between nutrition and HIV/AIDS.

This UNAIDS Best Practice key material is directed at managers of national and international NGOs working on HIV/AIDS and other health and development issues. It is intended to increase their awareness of the opportunities, and possible problems, associated with alternative resource mobilization strategies, with a special focus on commercial activities. It is hoped that this will motivate NGO managers to determine and begin implementing the most appropriate resource-generating strategies to enable their organizations to continue and expand their important work.

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.

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Б целях содействия выработке взвешенной государственной политики в настоящем документе: предлагаются некоторые принципы, которыми следует руководствоваться при рассмотрении проблемы уголовного права и БИЧ/СПИДа; определяются некоторые аспекты государственной политики, которые должны учитываться государствами при принятии решений, касающихся применения уголовного права; рассматривается альтернатива принципу криминализации, которую представляют собой законы в области здравоохранения; рассматривается вопрос о том, когда и каким образом можно обоснованно применять уголовное право; а тажке в заключение приводятся рекомендации для правнтельства, полиции, обинителей, цудей и органов здравоохранения относительно правильного применения уголовных санкций и принудительных мер общественного здравоохранения.

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.

Конечно, где и когда преобладает непрабильиая информация, табу, предибеждение и страх относительно БИЧ/СПИД, там постоянно нарушаются основные права человека. Чаще всего именно молодые люди являются уязвимыми и попадают в ситуацию. В то же время и как это показано в данном сборнике, многие молодые люди показывают свою готовность принять выяоб и успешно переломить такую ситуацию. Поэтому мы надеется, что этот сборуик предоставит молодым людям информацию и воодушевление, чтобы предпринять творческое, дерзкое и решительное действие, необходимое для того, чтобы соблюдение прав человека в контексте БИЧ/ЦПИД стало реальностью для всех.