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  Nutrition care for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA): training manual for community and home-based care providers: facilitators guide

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008

  This facilitators’ guide, published by Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, aims at equipping community health workers (CHWs) and home-based care providers with the basic skills needed to provide nutrition care and support to people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA).
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  Guidelines for occupational safety and health, including HIV in the health services sector

  US Agency for International Development, 2008

  These guidelines, published by the Ministry of Health of Uganda, recognise that all types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. In Uganda, the authors argue that the health sector is loaded with a wide variety of situations where health and safety issues are crucial.
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  Community home-based care for people and communities affected by HIV/AIDS: a comprehensive training course for community health workers: trainer’s guide

  Pathfinder International, 2006

  This guide, published by Pathfinder International, provides a comprehensive training course for community health workers involved in community home-based care (CHBC) for people and communities affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Community Home-Based Care for People and Communities Affected by HIV/AIDS: Training Course and Handbook for Community Health Workers

  Pathfinder International, 2006

  This illustrated handbook, published by Pathfinder International, provides community health workers with a practical user-friendly tool that can be used as reference material, and also during skills transfer to clients and caregivers.
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  Legal Aspects of Palliative Care

  Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, 2009

  There is increasing recognition of the link between palliative care and human rights. This guide, published by the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, offers guidance on policy and ways to improve the identification and referral of legal problems, with the ultimate aim of integrating this knowledge into the practice of high-quality palliative care and legal services.
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  Acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment services in Bembeyi, Bunia, North Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo – A Participatory Reflection and Action (PRA) Project Report

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2009

  This paper explores the challenges in ensuring equitable access to HIV and AIDS services for persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The HIV and AIDS prevalence rate is reported as five percent, with a disproportionate number of people from rural communities being infected.
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  Nurse-driven, community-supported HIV/AIDS treatment at the primary health care level in rural Lesotho: 2006-2008 programme report

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2009

  Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world, with an estimated 270,000 people living with HIV and AIDS in the country, and 18,000 deaths annually of AIDS-related complications.
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  Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa

  Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2008

  With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part of the wider task-shifting agenda. Yet little is known about how best to facilitate such involvement.
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  Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a training manual for nurses and midwives

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008

  This training manual, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA-2) Project, recognises that nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and support for people living with HIV (PLHIV). They help to manage symptoms, promote response to treatment and improving functioning and quality of life.
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  Operations manual for delivery of HIV prevention, care and treatment at primary health centres in high-prevalence, resource-constrained settings: edition 1 for fieldtesting and country adaptation

  World Health Organization, 2008

  This operations manual, published by the World Health Organization, provides guidance on planning and delivering HIV prevention, care, and treatment services at health centres in countries with high HIV prevalence. It provides an operational framework to ensure that HIV services can be provided in an integrated, efficient and quality-assured manner.

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