Key websites

Approaches to linking SRH and HIV/AIDS

The above recommendations position HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care within the broader SRH framework, and vice versa. These linkages are endorsed with a view to increasing the cost-efficiency and effectiveness of services, reducing stigma, and enabling greater servicing of the needs of clients. There is no single model which reflects how this integration of HIV and AIDS and SRH programming should take place. Rather adaptability and tailoring of policies and services is required, taking into account the specific context and needs of clients, and possible referrals options. In doing this it is critical to ensure that an increased emphasis on HIV and AIDS does not occur at the expense of SRH information and services. Below are a number of the key considerations for integration:

A conceptual framework and basis for action: HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination: ( P. Aggleton; R. Parker / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2002); The World AIDS Campaign for the years 2002–2003 focuses on stigma, discrimination and human rights. This document provides a background and framework for that campaign.
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Issues in brief : the role of reproductive health providers in preventing HIV: ( Alan Guttmacher Institute , 2004); This ‘Issues in Brief’, produced in collaboration with UNAIDS, Alan Guttmacher Institute, IPPF and UNFPA, discusses the capacity of reproductive health service providers to fully integrate HIV-related...
Microbicide facts: ( Alliance for Microbicide Development , 2002); This two-page fact sheet from the Alliance for Microbicide Development provides basic information about what microbicides are and how they work. The document explains that a microbicide is a substanc...
Reproductive Rights 2000: moving forward: ( Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York , 2003); Recommended reading; Women’s reproductive rights are central to the more general debate on women’s status that has taken place worldwide over the past ten years. In particular, the last five years have seen expanded gove...
Reproductive health interventions: which ones work and what do they cost?: ( V. Dayaratna; W. Winfrey; W. McGreevey; K. Hardee; J. Smith; E. Mumford; J. Sine; R. Berg / Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington , 2000); Recommended reading; This paper, produced by the POLICY project, looks at the effectiveness and cost of different reproductive health care interventions, and asks what criteria governments can use to decide whether they w...
HIV prevention in maternal health services: programming guide: ( EngenderHealth , 2004); This guide, produced by EngenderHealth and UNFPA, aims to help public health policymakers, programme managers, and trainers address programming gaps in the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmi...
A social and environmental accounting analysis: an extended village SAM for household-farms in Ethiopia: ( B. Shiferaw; S. Holden / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2000); ...
HIV prevention in maternal health services: a training guide: ( EngenderHealth , 2004); Recommended reading; This training manual, produced by EngenderHealth, provides guidance on how to integrate prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into maternal health services. Its objective...
Recommendations on integration of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, UNFPA, April 2004: ( United Nations Population Fund , 2004); This document sets out UNFPA rationale and recommendations for integrating reproductive health (RH) and HIV and AIDS. It emphasises that, since over 75 per cent of HIV infections are sexually transmit...