Ressources et documents
A Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
The Joint UNESCO/UNAIDS Project “A Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care” was launched in mid-1998, in relation to the new approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care inaugurated by UNAIDS. The UNAIDS strategy emphasizes
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Aliments sur ordonnance: le document de l’Alliance mondiale pour une meilleure nutrition (GAIN)
16 novembre 2009 - Dans beaucoup de régions du monde, l’absence de sécurité alimentaire et une mauvaise nutrition empirent les effets de l’épidémie de VIH. Même si le dépistage du VIH s’étend de plus en plus et que les efforts
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Alternative, complementary and traditional medicine and HIV
Alternative and complementary medicine is quite popular among people living with HIV. Many HIV positive people say they feel better after using alternative and complementary medicine, and it is likely that some of these treatments
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Bâtissons l’Espoir : Notes thématiques pour l’Afrique : Les personnes âgées tutrices d’orphelins et enfants vulnérables
L’impact du VIH/SIDA sur les personnes âgées et leur contribution aux soins d’orphelins et d’autres enfants vulnérables à cause de la pandémie, sont extraordinaires bien que rarement reconnus. Certains programmes tentent,
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Campaign of "Catholics for a free choice"
Condoms4Life is an unprecedented worldwide public education effort to raise public awareness about the devastating effect of the bishops’ ban on condoms. The campaign was launched on World AIDS Day 2001 with the display of
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Collaborating with Traditional Healers for HIV:Suggestions for Programme Managers and Fieldworkers
African traditional medicine is often the primary, and frequently the only, accessible health-care option for many people living in sub-Saharan Africa. Early attempts to combine the best of the traditional and the modern
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Community reaction to older-age parental AIDS caregivers and their families: evidence from Cambodia
This paper examines community reaction in Cambodia to families from the perspective of parents of adults who died of AIDS or persons with HIV/AIDS (PWHA). Although older age persons in Cambodia are much less likely to be
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Culture Matters
This publication maps partnerships between UNFPA and faith-based organizations in the areas of population and development, including human rights, reproductive health, women's empowerment, adolescents and youth, humanitarian
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Engaging faith-based organisations in HIV prevention: a training manual for programme managers
This manual is a capacity-building tool to help policy makers and programmers identify, design and follow up on HIV prevention programmes undertaken by faith-based organisations (FBOs). It is also relevant for development
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Ethics and Language. Chapter 6 of HIV/AIDS Media Manual
Chapter 6 of The [European Union] EU-India Media Initiative's HIV/AIDS Media Manual is titled Ethics and Language. It is one of nine chapters in this resource, which has the objectives of increasing sensitive, high-quality
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Facing AIDS: Education in the Context of Vulnerability HIV/AIDS
World Council of Churches. This study guide accompanies the World Council of Churches 1997 study document on "HIV/AIDS, Facing AIDS - The Challenge, the Churches' Response". It contains a structured framework for group learning
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Faith in Action: Examining the Role of Faith-Based Organizations
In the interest of contributing to the knowledge base and improving HIV prevention, care, support and treatment efforts, the Catholic Medical Mission Board
(CMMB), a faith-based leader in international health care, commissioned
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Forgotten families: Older people as carers of orphans and vulnerable children
Due to the spread of HIV, often the middle generation of families is completely absent, leaving the old and young to support each other.
This report shows that - provided appropriate support is available - older people
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Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education
UNESCO has developed a best practice series entitled Good Policy and Practice in HIV & AIDS and Education. The booklets in the series are broad in scope and highlight issues and lessons learned in a range of settings in developing
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HIV and AIDS REPORTER: focus on strengthening linkages for sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS
This is the monthly e-mail bulletin, produced by the IDS Health and Development Information team in collaboration with Eldis and the DFID Health Resource Centre.
There is increasing evidence that the integration of sexual
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HIV and People on the Move: Risk and vulnerabilities of migrants and mobile populations in Southern Africa
The overall aim of this project was to share experiences and raise awareness about the issues of HIV, population mobility and migration in the Southern African region. This publication of the ‘Speak Your World Primer’ series
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HIV and refugees. Policy Brief
In order to reduce the risk of HIV infection and improve access to HIV-related prevention, treatment, care and support of refugees, UNAIDS in collaboration with one of its Cosponsors, UNHCR, has developed a new policy brief
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HIV, AIDS and Islam
Reflections based on compassion, responsibility & justice.
This document, produced by Positive Muslims, outlines how Muslims should understand and respond to HIV and AIDS. It is aimed at teachers in religious educational
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HIV-related Public-Private Partnerships and Health Systems strengthening
“Phones for Health” is a partnership between a healthcare software provider Voxiva, a phone producer Motorola, a telecom company MTN, the GSMA Development Fund, PEPFAR, CDC Foundation, Accenture Development Partnerships and
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HIV/AIDS, Security and Conflict: New Realities, New Responses
The report published by the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative (ASCI) provides new evidence and outlines recommendation for actions on the links between security, conflict, peacebuilding and HIV. It is the result of a
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Linking migration, HIV/AIDS and urban food security in Southern and Eastern Africa
This paper from the Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL) reviews the literature on migration, HIV and urban food security. The paper draws links between these three factors in the context
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L’Éducation et le VIH/SIDA : Guide des programmes de prévention du VIH/SIDA
Les secteurs de l’éducation des pays touchés par le VIH/SIDA jouent un rôle de plus en plus important dans la lutte contre cette pandémie. Il s’agit, en partie, d’une réponse à l’effet dramatique du VIH/SIDA sur les secteurs
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Making sense: AIDS and the Health Workforce in Africa
"Our ambition is then not to present a state of the art, but rather to offer some ‘other’ ways of looking at the dynamic interplay between the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the health workforce in the hope that this may lead to better
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Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB)
Up to a quarter of people with tuberculosis in some regions can no longer be treated with standard drug regimens. This is the stark finding of a new World Health Organization report which estimates that 440,000 people had
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Reaching common ground: Culture, gender and Human rights
Cultural sensitivity is critical for the success of development strategies according to the report produced by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The State of World Population 2008 report affirms that development
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on livelihoods, poverty and the economy of Malawi
The reinforcing nature of HIV and poverty: In a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, widespread HIV infection has already translated into full-blown AIDS epidemics. The effects of this disaster on lives and livelihoods
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Towards an AIDS-Free Generation
The Global Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Education. The Cosponsoring Organizations of UNAIDS launched the Global Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Education in March 2004. This initiative aims to radically enhance national responses
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UNAIDS policy on HIV, food security and nutrition
In many parts of the world, lack of food security and poor nutrition are worsening the effects of the HIV epidemic. Food insecurity and poor nutrition can hasten the progression of AIDS related illnesses, while the virus
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UNESCO: L’approche culturelle de la prévention et du traitement du VIH/sida
Le projet conjoint UNESCO/ONUSIDA L'approche culturelle de la prévention et du traitement du VIH/sida a été lancé en mai 1998. Son objectif est de stimuler la réflexion et l'action pour une nouvelle approche de la lutte contre
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What's culture got to do with HIV and AIDS?
Developing creative cultural approaches to HIV prevention work. This paper from Healthlink Worldwide argues that developing more effective cultural approaches to HIV prevention should be a priority. The paper draws on the
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“Securing Our Future”
The report of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) calls for serious “discussion and action” on cultural issues which many societies find uncomfortable and challenging, but which determine the spread
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