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Case Study
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Data from a 2009 modeling exercise suggested that Rwanda has a mixed HIV epidemic, meaning that transmission occurs within both most-at-risk popula |
Gender-based violence (GBV) is widely recognized as both a cause and a consequence of HIV infection. To help program managers integrate GBV prevent |
Although transgender individuals are a highly vulnerable segment of El Salvador's population, the national political climate has only recently begu |
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In many countries facing high-prevalence, generalized HIV epidemics, the development of a national prevention strategy is difficult and often does |
Men who have sex with men (MSM) have been neglected in HIV programming in sub-Saharan Africa, frequently ignored in national strategies and hidden |
Events
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As part of the XIX International AIDS Conference, held in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27, 2012, the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for Internationa |
The first debate in the USAID and World Bank-sponsored Emerging Issues in Today’s HIV Response Debate Series was based on the following propositi |
Promising Practice
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MEMA kwa Vijana (MkV), or “Good things for young people,” used a multi-sectoral approach to prevent HIV and improve sexual hea |
Middle-income countries with adequate health system infrastructure and willingness to provide PMTCT services can implement dif |
This study examines the role of incentives in encouraging companies in Thailand to adopt workplace policies and programs that |
HIV Prevention Knowledge Base Entry
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Although the effects of HIV in the workplace differ by the size of the company/organization and the type of labor employed, for many companies |
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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August 2012, Bangkok, Thailand - From August 28-30, 2012, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR) most-at-risk popula |
June 2011, Washington, DC - Together with partners from United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the Bil |
May 2010, Washington, DC - At this consultation, country delegates along with invited research, program, and gender-based violence experts |
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December 2009, Guatemala - The purpose of the meeting was to share evidence and program experiences to inform policies, develop effective |
Report
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HIV and mental illness are significant global public health concerns in Zimbabwe. A coordinated and comprehensive response, particularly between HI |
While there is emerging literature on the gender-related needs of MARPs, how programs are addressing these needs or integrating gender strategies i |
Spotlight
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In countries battling the most severe HIV epidemics in the world, there is yet another powerful and under-addressed structural force at play: the u |
Success Story
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The story is about the success of AIDSTAR-One in leveraging resources from government as well as USG partners for health care waste management. |
Technical Brief
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In 2010, the World Health Organization released revised recommendations for adult and adolescent HIV treatment. This t
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In April 2008, the WHO Technical Reference Group for Pediatric HIV/ART and Care released a series of nine updated recommendations for diagnostic |
Many countries have begun to decentralize HIV treatment to primary health care (PHC) centers to decrease the burden of providing HIV services at ex |
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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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Tools and Curricula
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This guide serves as a tool for program managers to not only begin to address GBV within their programs, but also to plan for greater integration a |
The K4Health Project IGWG Gender and Health Toolkit provides practical and hands-on how-to resources for gender integration and mainstreaming in |
Health Policy Initiative Document
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This paper describes the HPI's effort to develop a better understanding of fundamental barriers to policy implementation through conducting a Poli |
This activity was designed to pilot a methodology and set of tools to identify key barriers to implementing programs under PEPFAR. |
Describes how NGOs in Chiapas halted passage of a law criminalizing HIV transmission. |
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This report describes the HPI's work to facilitate policy dialogue among Ethiopian stakeholders to enable them to set priorities for work with men |
This paper describes how projects supported by USAID, including the HPI, helped Vietnam to greatly improve its HIV policy and legal framework. |
This brief provides an overview of the activities to combat gender-based violence (GBV) being implemented by the Health Policy Initiative in Tanzan |
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This case study documents how stakeholders in Uttarakhand used the PIAT to assess the state's 2002 Health and Population Policy. |
This case study summarizes the findings of an review conducted by the HPI in order to assess the policy and programmatic implications of task shift |
This case study summarizes the results of an review conducted by the HPI to assess the policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Sw |
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The HPI | TO1 carried out case studies in Swaziland and Uganda focusing on task-shifting approaches and policies in both. |
This document summarizes recommendations regarding policy and interventions targeted towards MSM and TG. |
This brief provides an overview of the Policy Implementation Assessment Tool designed by HPI | TO1. |
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This tool designed by the HPI assists government and civil society advocates in "taking the pulse" of policies in their countries. |
This brief summarizes the key findings from an assessment conducted by HPI TO1 of Guatemala's HIV/AIDS program. |
This tool guides users through a series of diagnostic steps to understand how particular groups of adolescent girls are put at risk of HIV infecti |
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This document details Côte d'Ivoire's HIV/AIDS policy agenda. |
This document summarizes an HIV/AIDS policy situational analysis conducted by HPI | TO 1 in Côte d'Ivoire. |
USAID supported a regional forum in East Africa that focused on engaging HIS champions from key public sectors and supporting country ownership of |
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This report reviews Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) policies for sexual assault. |
