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In Zambia’s Southern Province, the Community PMTCT Follow-up Register Project is improving access and adherence to HIV testing and treatment for pr |
The SIDHAS program (2010-14) helps to mitigate the risks faced by Nigeria’s orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) through technical assistance to g |
In recent years, the once-insular Maasai people of Longido District in northern Tanzania have established greater contact with non-Maasai populatio |
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More than a decade of conflict has ravaged the health infrastructure and service delivery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a result, |
Data from a 2009 modeling exercise suggested that Rwanda has a mixed HIV epidemic, meaning that transmission occurs within both most-at-risk popula |
This case study documents how the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is effectively mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and broader health issues into their natural |
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Entrenched gender inequality is a major contributor to Swaziland's HIV prevalence rate, which in turn, hinders poverty reduction and national devel |
Home-based HIV testing and counseling (HBHTC) has emerged as a promising approach to meet the Kenyan government’s challenge—that 80 percent of al |
In South Africa, men are increasingly rejecting wide-spread stereotypes of manhood by stepping forward to challenge gender roles that compromise th |
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In Zambia's border towns and commercial corridors, the HIV prevalence rate has been significantly increased by a high transient population. This ca |
The Polyclinic of Hope in Rwanda takes a comprehensive approach to combating gender-based violence for genocide survivors affected by HIV by facili |
A complex matrix of factors, such as low literacy, early sexual initiation, and limited economic opportunities, increases the vulnerability of wome |
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In 2007, Kenya experienced a wave of violence following its presidential elections. This case study documents the emergency plans that had been in |
During emergencies, the fragile healthcare infrastructures in many developing countries cannot address acute injuries while continuing to manage ch |
Prompted by a growing knowledge of the complexity of HIV transmission, many countries are reassessing the nature of their HIV epidemics. "Mixed" ep |
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After the 2009 release of WHO’s Rapid Advice for HIV treatment in adults and adolescents, Zambia launched a broad-based effort to update i |
In many countries facing high-prevalence, generalized HIV epidemics, the development of a national prevention strategy is difficult and often does |
Orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) are susceptible to abuse, exploitation, violence, and neglect and often do not have access to support s |
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Chronic food insecurity and achieving strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are global challenges that, together, have a deleterious eff |
An in-depth look at the Peter C. Alderman Foundation's efforts to integrate HIV services and referrals into their mental health program in the post |
In regions of high fertility and HIV prevalence, integration of family planning and HIV services has emerged as a promising strategy to prevent tra |
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The Health Initiatives for the Private Sector (HIPS) Project is a model for involving private providers in a national HIV/AIDS prevention and treat |
An example of how assistance can be mobilized from within communities to protect young people’s access to education, Youth Alive Tanzania’s Youth a |
Despite scale-up of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) interventions mostly involving voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) or client-initiated test |
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Little attention is paid to the potential risk of HIV exposure in intergenerational relationships, through which older men offer young women money |
Addressing multiple and concurrent |
As a lynchpin of its bold goal of zero new HIV infections by 2016, Botswana's national O Icheke: Break the Chain campaign offers a wake-up call on |
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In South Africa, where rates of alcohol consumption and HIV are among the highest in the world, sexual risk taking and drinking frequently intersec |
Men who have sex with men (MSM) have been neglected in HIV programming in sub-Saharan Africa, frequently ignored in national strategies and hidden |
Launched on South African television in June 2008, the Scrutinize Campaign was a year-long series of HIV prevention ads targeting |
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Makhwapheni Uyabulala, or “Secret Lovers Kill,” was Swaziland’s first national media campaign to focus on the HIV risk of |
Promising Practice
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MCP messages were integrated into the larger interpersonal communication strategy, using community debates, participatory thea |
SHAPE II worked closely with Ghana's Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (MOESS), and the Ghana Education Service (GES) |
SHARe Zambia program worked to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace in both the public and private sectors. This nomination focus |
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The intervention consists of three parts: (1) community, (2) health facility (public, private and traditional), and (3) an int |
Strategically Managing AIDS Response in the Workplace (SMARTWork) works in partnership with the Nigerian Business Coalition Ag |
MEMA kwa Vijana (MkV), or “Good things for young people,” used a multi-sectoral approach to prevent HIV and improve sexual hea |
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In 2005, the first Teen Club for HIV-positive adolescents in Botswana was started at the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical C |
Data have shown that substance use may be a precursor to involvement in sexual behavior, suggesting that substance use prevent |
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Y.E.A.H. is a multi-channel communication campaign for young people that combines mass media, person-to-person, and community |
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The In-Reach program provides access to care to children by creating linkages between families and staff. Staff members make h |
The CWGH has several programs focused on youth empowerment and health. The OVC program offers OVC youth an opportunity to expr |
Soul City: IHDC was initiated in 1992 in order to harness the power of the mass media for health and deve |
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The Society for Family Health and the Population Services International (SFH/PSI) will manage a franchise network (under the b |
TALC is an active and effective advocacy and treatment literacy organization that has made major achievements in Zambia and ha |
Health Initiatives for the Private Sector (HIPS), a USAID-funded project, partners with private companies to design and implem |
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Pathfinder's Expansion of Psychosocial and Peer Counseling Services Program has worked in Botswana to promote well being among |
The AYA strategy focused on implementing and scaling up a comprehensive set of six integrated adolescent sexual and reproducti |
Community Care in Nigeria (CCN) is a 3-year programme that aims to improve the quality of life of 12,500 Orphans and Vulnerabl |
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BroadReach Healthcare's North West Province Down Referral Model in South Africa reduces overburdened public health resources b |
Use of group based cognitive behavioral skills training on HIV risk and prevention in gender specific groups to change sexual |
Memory work is a practical, child-centered, community-led approach that encourages families to communicate openly about HIV an |
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The study was carried out in Thyolo District, in Southern Malawi, with a population of 650 000. The district has one governmen |
The Drug Resources Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition (DREAM) project was first implemented in Mozambique in 2002 with |
Pathfinder works with communities and health facilities in 14 districts of Nairobi, Eastern and Central provinces to increase |
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HIV infection and intimate-partner violence share a common risk environment in much of southern Africa. The aim of the Interve |
UPHOLD - CSO decided to make a contribution towards meeting the growing need to support HIV/AIDS prevention among sexually act |
This program was focused around a model of adult mentorship and support to improve psychosocial outcomes among youth-headed ho |
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In 2000, IMPACT/Rwanda launched support for its first VCT project with the Rwandan AIDS Information Center, which was designed |
Stepping Stones is a workshop series designed as a training package to help promote sexual and reproductive health. The traini |
STRIVE's implementation strategy was to support NGOs and CBOs that work with communities to carry out appropriate, effective, |
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Population Media Center-Ethiopia developed the Youth-Focused Media Communication Project to promote social response to HIV/AID |
The overall objective of the Women's Health CoOp study is to obtain a better understanding of the relationship between alcohol |
The DCSA Workplace HIV/AIDS program provides prevention, care, support and treatment services to employees, their dependents a |
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The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of Ala |
The Rwanda Zambia Research Group (RZHRG) was formed in 1986 based on a study of HIV prevalence in pregnant women in Rwanda. Wo |
The Family Health Integrated Development Assistance (FAHIDA) Savings and Loan Project provides savings and credit services to |
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The vision of CPC is to reduce the infection rates of STIs and HIV and to improve the quality of life for people living with a |
NOAH works at franchising community-based models of orphan care through which motivated individuals from communities are guide |
The RAPIDS approach consists of a systematic scale-up of successful community-based palliative care models of home-based care |
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The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) was founded in 1987 by Noerine Kaleeba and 15 other colleagues, some of whom have now pas |
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) with support from CDC implemented a home-based ART, prevention counseling and VCT program |
The initial intervention focused on training older youth to provide HIV education, homework assistance and psychosocial suppor |
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Between July 2004 and July 2005, a research team discussed with girls and women individually and in focus groups the "wayo" sy |
The Senga Model is a preventative gender technique that utilizes the traditional role of the father's sister, or senga, in edu |
Refentse uses an integrated, nurse-driven delivery model of post-rape care that includes the following services: post-exposure |
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In this HIV prevention trial sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 34 communities in Africa (in South A |
The One Man Can Campaign supports men and boys to take action to end domestic and sexual violence and to promote healthy, equi |
In support of the National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS in Uganda, the AIM Project was designed to assist with increasing |
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Agents of Change is a peer education program intended for use in a church setting. Church-based young people are as much at ri |
CHAMP is a manual-based program of 10--90-minute sessions delivered over 10 weekends. The sessions were designed to increase H |
This was a prospective cohort study where women attended an antenatal clinic and were provided information about the risk of H |
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President Museveni's Presidential Initiative on AIDS Strategy for Communication to Youth (PIASCY) was a unique component of th |
The Geração Biz Program was established to respond to the sexual and reproductive health needs of Mozambican youth aged 10 - 2 |
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LoveLife is a comprehensive national-scale HIV prevention program focused specifically on the 12-17 age range. It was launched |
The Mama Mkubwa (MM) initiative is a community-based initiative for the care and support of Most Vulnerable Children and Other |
The Helping Each Other Act Responsibly Together (HEART) Campaign promotes healthy sexual behaviors among young people, ages 15 |
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The Ndola Demonstration Project (NDP) efforts in PMTCT tested the operational feasibility of an integrated MTCT risk-reduction |
EGPA's strategy in Uganda has been to complement Uganda Ministry of Health and private partners to cover human resource, infra |
AMPATH is amongst the largest and most comprehensive HIV/AIDS-control systems in sub-Saharan Africa, providing a complete syst |
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The Kivulini Women's Rights Organization's core purpose is to build momentum for the prevention of domestic violence against w |
Biruh Tesfa addresses vulnerabilities of migrant adolescent girls who have relocated to urban areas and are at risk of coerced |
AMITIE enhances the ability of communities and the government to respond to the needs of OVC and PLWH through home and facilit |
Issue Brief
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Public-private partnerships are collaborative endeavors that combine resources from both the public and private sectors to achieve targeted goals. |
Technical Consultation Material
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October 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa- This technical exchange brought together Gender Focal Points from PEPFAR country teams and headqua |
December 2011, Ethiopia - At the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), PEPFAR, UNAIDS, and WHO collaborated on |
November 2011, Ethiopia - This field-driven learning technical consultation—hosted by the PEPFAR Technical Working Groups (TWGs) for Care |
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June 2011, Washington, DC - Together with partners from United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the Bil |
April 2011, Namibia - More than 80 participants representing fourteen countries joined multilateral donors and organizations to share appr |
February 2011, Ghana - Seventy participants from 11 countries with mixed epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, members of the PEPFAR Technical |
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November 2010, Mozambique - Responding to substantial demand for discussion around linkages to and retention in HIV care, AIDSTAR-One and |
September 2010, South Africa - This three-day meeting brought together 117 health professionals from 14 countries in Eastern and Southern |
May 2010, Washington, DC - At this consultation, country delegates along with invited research, program, and gender-based violence experts |
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November 2009, Kenya - AIDSTAR-One, in collaboration with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Technical Working Group |
October 2008, Washington, DC - This technical consultation on multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships (MCP) convened researchers, US G |
Report
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In 2012, AIDSTAR-One conducted a study using geographic information systems in order to determine the location and condition of waste treatment equ |
This program review is a direct response to the urgent need to strengthen and expand HIV prevention for men who have sex with men and sex workers |
Scant data exists on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide. However, available information, including the United Nations Secreta
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Continuing work from the Making Medical Injections Safer project, USAID/Nigeria asked AIDSTAR-One to provide injection safety technical assistance |
Linkages to and retention in HIV care for people living with HIV has emerged as a priority under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relie |
Early access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is particularly important for HIV-infected children. In Nigeria, a disparity exists between pediatric |
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This document aims to facilitate an understanding of the bi-directional relationship between HIV and food and nutrition security. It illustrates th |
AIDSTAR-One developed and piloted educational tools to increase appropriate prescription and use of co-trimoxazole for eligible people living with |
AIDSTAR-One conducted a 3-year demonstration project in Namibia to reduce heavy drinking and risky sexual behavior among bar patrons in a low-incom |
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In Ethiopia, ensuring a sufficient and sustainable supply of infection prevention and patient safety (IPPS) commodities is an important st |
Healthcare-acquired infections lead to death, disability, and excess medical costs. Infection prevention and control (IPC) measures maximize patien |
In April 2011, AIDSTAR-One, with support from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), piloted a training curriculum in Ethiopia that aims to address |
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In 2011, AIDSTAR-One conducted a rapid assessment of pediatric HIV treatment scale-up in Zambia to better understand the barriers to providing and/ |
In guidelines released in 2010, the World Health Organization recommends that health facilities integrate prevention of mother-to-child transmissio |
In February 2011, AIDSTAR-One, with support from the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MOPHS), piloted a training curriculum in Kenya that |
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HIV and mental illness are significant global public health concerns in Zimbabwe. A coordinated and comprehensive response, particularly between HI |
This document provides key findings for guiding programming for most-at-risk populations in mixed epidemic settings.
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This study, conducted in six states in Nigeria, explores community perceptions of PMTCT and safe male circumcision (SMC) services and identifies ba |
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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 |
AIDSTAR-One conducted this baseline assessment of injection safety in five USAID priority states: Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Lagos, and Sokoto. Us |
A growing body of epidemiological and social science research links alcohol consumption with sexual behaviors that put people at risk for HIV and o |
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Despite increased understanding of the link between gender and HIV and, more recently, the value of using multiple gender strategies to mitigate wo |
This report, Equipping Parents and Health Providers to Address the Psychological and Social Challenges of Caring for Children Living with H |
This technical report examines a nutritional assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) program in Uganda that uses a quality improvement approach |
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An assessment was conducted in Kenya in October 2009 in order to examine the national Food by Prescription (FBP) program, study program strengths a |
July 2010 - At the request of PEPFAR’s Technical Working Group and USAID, AIDSTAR-One facilitated its first south-to-south (S2S) exchange of tech |
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 |
Quarraisha Abdool Karim calls on implementers to “push the paradigm,” amplifying promising approaches to HIV prevention among young sub-Saharan wom |
Helen Epstein provides insight into her book examining Uganda's pioneering Zero Grazing Campaign targeting multiple and concurrent sexual partnersh |
Success Story
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This success story is about the success of AIDSTAR-One in developing positive attitudes through training for improving practices of health care wor |
This success story is about the success of AIDSTAR-One in establishing a system working with a private company and health centers for recycling pla |
The story is about the success of AIDSTAR-One advocacy for protecting health care workers with Hepatitis-B vaccination. |
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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. |
AIDSTAR-One successfully linked health facilities with the company immediately following health facility training so that managers knew where the |
In order to facilitate the country-wide implementation of the safe phlebotomy strategy, AIDSTAR-One supported the Government of Nigeria in develo |
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Hundreds of tons of pharmaceuticals are shipped into or produced within low- and middle-income countries each year to treat the approximately 4 m |
Technical Brief
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In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV has negatively impacted both natural resource management (NRM) and economic growth (EG). This technical brief is a resou |
As the number of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) continues to grow, the need to improve services, policies, and programs intensifies. This tech |
A promising development approach for addressing food and nutrition insecurity for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is permaculture. In the con |
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This technical brief documents promising practices in critical services related to the psychological and social wellbeing of perinatally-infected c |
HIV serodiscordant couples, in which one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative, are increasingly recognized as a priority for HIV |
A growing body of research suggests that alcohol consumption is associated with the sexual behaviors that put people at risk for HIV. In develo |
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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 document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Zimbabwe. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Zambia. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Botswana. |
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This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Tanzania. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Swaziland. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in South Africa. |
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This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Rwanda. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Namibia. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Mozambique. |
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This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Malawi. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Lesotho. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Nyanza, Kenya. |
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This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Gambela, Ethiopia. |
This document presents the potential cost and impact of scaling up medical MC services in Botswana. |
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 |
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This brief describes how the HPI's support has helped NEPHAK emerge as a strong, sustainable institution, able to successfully champion the rights |
This document describes how HPI and KETAM have successfully championed Kenyans' right to access affordable HIV treatment, care, and support service |
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 |
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This document describes the HPI's efforts to support HIV positive teachers in Kenya in fighting stigma and discrimination, advocating for teachers' |
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 manual is intended to guide trainers facilitating sessions in constructive men's engagement in reproductive health. |
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This guide was drafted by the Botswana Ministry of Health to ensure wider awareness of the OVC Guidelines and Botswana's Children's Act. |
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. |
