This 2007 publication discusses the development of HelpAge International’s home-based care model in Tanzania for supporting older carers of people living with AIDS. The material presented here is a resource for home-based care service providers. This model is particularly useful in community home-based care settings where the majority of older careers may not have had any training in HIV/AIDS caring role. The model includes key components to be considered when developing a community home-based more...
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Produced by the World Health Organization, Priority interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector is the definitive 'one-stop shop' designed to help countries, donors and other stakeholders expand and improve their response to one of the greatest health-care challenges of our time.
It includes everything from how to expand condom programming to the latest in treatment recommendations, guidelines and standards. Priority interventions is designed to be a 'living' web more...
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The AAVP Coordinating and Resource Facility on Ethics, Law and Human Rights works at the interface of ethics, law, human rights and behavioural science, addressing key issues in HIV vaccine research and development and HIV vaccine trials. It plays an important role in assisting the entire field and preparing to deal with sensitive ethical issues. This Facility engages in specialized training for institutional review boards in the ethics of HIV vaccine trials, developing publications on key ethic more...
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According to new data in the UNAIDS 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic there have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily affected
countries. In Rwanda and Zimbabwe, changes in sexual behaviour have been followed by
declines in the number of new HIV infections.
Condom use is increasing among young people with multiple partners in many countries. Another
encouraging sign is that young people are waiting longer to have sexual intercourse. This has be more...
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In JUne 2008, the newly appointed AAVP High Representative, Her Excellency Mrs Jeanette Kagamé, the first lady of Rwanda hosted a Roundtable luncheon on research and development for an HIV Vaccine for Africa.
Participants included First Lady of Zambia; AIDS Ambassadors from donor countries, as well as Ministers from Ireland and Canada; and high level representation from public and private sector partners such as AVAC, IAVI, the Enterprise, World Bank, European HIV Funders Group and IFPMA . WH more...
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The mission of the WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative (HVI) is to promote the development, facilitate evaluation, and address future availability of preventive HIV vaccines, with a focus on the need of developing countries.
Since the start of the epidemic, HIV has infected more than 60 million men, women and children and AIDS has cost the lives of nearly 20 million adults and children. Despite the intense international response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, HIV continues to spread, causing more than more...
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Working towards universal access is a very ambitious challenge for the international community, and will require the commitment and involvement of all stakeholders, including governments, donors, international agencies, researchers and affected communities. Among the most important priorities is the strengthening of health services so that they are able to provide a comprehensive range of HIV/AIDS services to all those who need them.
This document describes the contribution that the World Healt more...
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