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Case Study
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Both NGO and community-based organization (CBO) approaches can benefit HIV program management. This case study explores the significant role of com |
The Georgian Harm Reduction Network (GHRN) is a combination HIV prevention approach that includes a mix of strategies and risk reduction approaches |
Entrenched gender inequality is a major contributor to Swaziland's HIV prevalence rate, which in turn, hinders poverty reduction and national devel |
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Although many in Ecuador do not recognize the link between gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV, the Ministry of Public Health has made an effort to |
In Kenya, the government's work against HIV is supplemented frequently by civil society organizations (CSOs). These organizations, however, are oft |
The Polyclinic of Hope in Rwanda takes a comprehensive approach to combating gender-based violence for genocide survivors affected by HIV by facili |
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Gender inequality is a major contributor to men who have sex with men's (MSM) vulnerability to HIV. Understanding the gender dynamics of MSM, as we |
Together, a support network plus access to legal and psychological support are essential components of HIV programming for most-at-risk populations |
In Peru, where cultural norms emphasize women's subordination and the importance of masculinity, programs with a focus on gender—particularly those |
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Integrating strategies to address gender inequity and change harmful gender norms is an increasingly important component of HIV programs. Howev |
Orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) are susceptible to abuse, exploitation, violence, and neglect and often do not have access to support s |
Events
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On December 10th, 2010, in honor of International Human Rights Day, UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Global A |
On September 21st, 2010, UNAIDS and 11 other partner organizations hosted a forum in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this event was to |
HIV Prevention Knowledge Base Entry
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) can be difficult to reach with HIV prevention messages and services, since many are secretive about their sexual ac |
Structural approaches reduce an individual’s vulnerability to HIV by creating the conditions in which people can adopt safer behaviors. For example |
Due to the complexity of HIV prevention, both programmatic and policy-related interven |
Technical Consultation Material
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May 2010, Washington, DC - At this consultation, country delegates along with invited research, program, and gender-based violence experts |
February 2009, India - This meeting centered on a discussion of essential program dimensions that must be part of any effort to reach MARP
capacity building, commercial sex workers (CSWs), community engagement, community mobilization, concentrated epidemics, generalized epidemics, human rights, men who have sex with men (MSM), mixed epidemics, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), most-at-risk populations (MARPs), people who inject drugs (PWID), universal access
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Report
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Because gender-based violence (GBV) is widely recognized as both a cause and a consequence of HIV infection, the President's Emergency Plan for AID |
Despite increased understanding of the link between gender and HIV and, more recently, the value of using multiple gender strategies to mitigate wo |
Spotlight
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In this issue of Spotlight on Prevention, George Ayala underscores the need for increased attention to and resources for HIV prevention programming |
Technical Brief
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This technical brief provides a systematic global review and synthesis of practical approaches, program examples, and resources to support human ri |
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major problem throughout the world, and the intersection
capacity building, community engagement, community mobilization, facility-level interventions, gender norms, gender-based violence (GBV), household-level interventions, human rights, livelihoods, male norms, mass media, peer outreach and education, policy, violence and coercion, women, workplace policies and programs
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Although only 4 of the 12 Anglophone Caribbean countries publicly collect HIV prevalence data among men who have sex with men (MSM), in Jamaica, |
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While gender, poverty, and gender-based violence alone do not define HIV risk, they increase women’s vulnerability. Gender-responsive economic em |
Gender inequity is a fundamental driver in the HIV epidemic, and integrating strategies to address gender inequity and change harmful gender no |
Health Policy Initiative Document
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This case study describes how TO1 of the HPI and its predecessor, the POLICY Project, helped establish Kenya's first national network of HIV-positi |
This brief describes how TO1 of the HPI in Kenya helped HIV-positive health workers come together to form a network to fight stigma and discriminat |
This document describes the HPI's efforts to support HIV positive teachers in Kenya in fighting stigma and discrimination, advocating for teachers' |
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This paper describes how projects supported by USAID, including the HPI, helped Vietnam to greatly improve its HIV policy and legal framework. |
The HPI collaborated with in-country partners to establish and operate legal clinics and a hotline as a way to facilitate implementation and monito |
