Search
Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Voluntary counselling and testing, HIV and AIDS treatment and care
Showing 1-10 of 28 results
Pages
- Document
Determinants of knowledge of HIV status in South Africa: results from a population-based HIV survey
BioMed Central, 2009With over 30% of women and men in the South Africa's 2005 national HIV household survey indicating that they had previously been tested for HIV (of which 91% were aware of their test results), this paper published by BioMed Central seeks to describe the associations between socio-demographic, behavioural and social characteristics and knowledge of HIV status among a nationally representatiDocumentNurse-driven, community-supported HIV/AIDS treatment at the primary health care level in rural Lesotho: 2006-2008 programme report
Médecins Sans Frontières, 2009Lesotho 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.DocumentTowards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2008
World Health Organization, 2008This progress report, published by the World Health Organization, finds that the combined efforts of countries and international partners have resulted in substantial, ongoing progress towards providing HIV interventions in low- and middle income countries.DocumentTen myths and one truth about generalised HIV epidemics
The Lancet, 2007This editorial from the Lancet outlines ten commonly held misconceptions about HIV epidemics that impede prevention efforts.DocumentPositive prevention: HIV prevention with people living with HIV
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007This document from the International AIDS Alliance is intended as a resource to help NGOs and HIV service providers working across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to take steps towards integrating HIV prevention for, by and with people living with HIV (PLWHA).OrganisationSHARAN
SHARAN's pioneering and progressive initiatives in drug treatment , using the philosophy and methodology of harm reduction activities, began with its drop in center in the Nizammudin basti inDocumentGuidance on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in health facilities
World Health Organization, 2007These guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS outline an opt-out approach to provider-initiated HIV testing. Following this approach, healthcare staff would routinely recommend that certain types of patient should take a HIV test.DocumentDesperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), considers the ethical challenges of massive scale-up of HIV testing required in order to achieve ART (antiretroviral therapy) targets. The article outlines how the success of increasing access to ART is dependent on the identification of people who need treatment.DocumentAIDS discrimination in Asia
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004This report by the Asia Pacific Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) documents a peer-led study on AIDS-related stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in Asia. Findings show that over 80 per cent of respondents experienced some form of discrimination in the health sector, the community, the family and the workplace.DocumentMaximizing resources to meet client needs: evaluation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support model in India
Horizons, 2004This report, from the Horizons Project, provides findings from an assessment of the YRG CARE (Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education) model in Southern India.Pages