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Adherence to ARV therapy: Series for positive people/ Приверженность к А
Information for positive people about adherence to ARV therapy.
Injection Drug Use – HIV and AIDS – Young People Recognizing the Linkages
Fact sheet on the linkages between HIV and AIDS, young people and injection drug use was developed in partnership by the World AIDS Campaign and Youth RISE.
Pre-seminar report “HIV Counseling and Testing Services in Europe: Results of a European Survey”, 2008
The present report aims to getting a general image on the HIV counselling and testing services in Europe. The report serves as input for a European best practice seminar on voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) that is organised within the project European Partners in Action on AIDS.
Empty Promises – Holding the UK Government Accountable for its Commitments on HIV, Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups
The report analyses the impact of UK governmental policies and legislation on the rights of sex workers, prisoners, adult and children asylum seekers and young people in the context of HIV.
Volunteers Management
This paper is written for volunteers' managers, especially for those working in Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO).
The paper has three chapters. The first one is an introduction to organization management.
The second and the third chapters describe the program for volunteers at the Alaturi de Voi (Close to You) Foundation, as support for managers in implementing an efficient volunteers program…
Foster Care for the HIV Positive Child. Methodology, Standards, Procedures
This paper is the result of our 7-years-experience on the foster care program and a reference point, not only for professionals and students in human sociology, but also for people who want to take care of HIV positive children.
In June 2003, USAID, World Learning and ANPDC (National Authority for the Protection of Children's Rights) acknowledged the program of Foster Care for the HIV Positive…
Psychological Assistance for HIV/AIDS Affected and Infected People
This guide reveals the experience of the experts working at the Alaturi de Voi (Close to You) Foundation and is dedicated to all practitioners who work with HIV positive people, especially to psychologists.
Social Assistance for HIV/AIDS Affected and Infected People
This paper contains the experience of our practitioners who opened a dialogue with experts involved in the HIV/AIDS field.
The guide is a complex approach of social problems in the HIV/AIDS field and reveals specific features of direct intervention and prevention programs developed by the Alaturi de Voi (Close to You) Foundation.
The Courage to Tell the Truth
In Romania, parents are still reluctant or refuse to talk to their child about the HIV infection diagnosis.
By reading this paper, parents can find out:
Why, when, where and which is the best way to communicate to the child about the HIV diagnosis?
How can they and their child prepare for the disclosure moment?
What kind of information can a child receive?
How can they better communicate with the…
Opioid Substitution Treatment in Custodial Settings. A Practical Guide
Prisons are not the right place for treating drug dependent men and women, and countries should develop policies for alternatives to imprisonment. As long as these alternatives have not been developed and implemented, prison authorities are faced with this specific population, in need of treatment, care and support.
The Power of Prevention Project
Final report of the very successful Power of Prevention project. A trilateral project between Bulgaria, Serbia and the Netherlands, funded by the ministry of Foreign Affairs (MATRA). This is the final report. Any information can be obtained from: Marieke Ridder, Programme Manager sex work projects, the Netherlands. mridder@soaaids.nl
Протокол робочої зустрічі з питань підготовки пропозицій щодо проведення наради з МОЗ та зацікавленими сторонами
Minutes of the working meeting to prepare proposals for organizing meeting with MOH and stakeholders.
Legislative and judicial systems in relation to HIV and AIDS
The seminar on ‘Legislation and Judicial Systems in relation to HIV and AIDS’, held in London
from 19 to 21 April 2007, was hosted and organised by the National AIDS Trust for AIDS Action
Europe, the Pan European NGO Partnership on HIV and AIDS. A total of 37 individuals
participated, from 29 countries, including 19 EU member states, and there were also
representatives from WHO, the European…
HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care: Clinical protocols for the WHO European Region
These 13 protocols form the cornerstone of strategic efforts by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services. They have been specifically developed for the entire European Region, based on current knowledge and the skills, technical capacity and health infrastructure found in the Region.
HIV/AIDS in Europe: Moving from death sentence to chronic disease management
The book looks at HIV/AIDS in Europe from a broad variety of perspectives: biomedical, social, cultural, economic and political. The authors are leading experts from across the Region and include both the infected and the affected, be they doctors, former drug users, United Nations employees, public health researchers or community activists. They describe how, from the first documented cases in…
WHO/Euro Report of the Technical Consultation on Clinical Staging of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS Cases Definitions for Surveillance
In response to the need to revise the staging and surveillance definitions, WHO organized a European regional meeting in May 2005. The meeting proposed a revised WHO clinical staging system for HIV infection in adults and adolescents, and in infants and children, recommended HIV/AIDS case definitions for surveillance purposes and sought to harmonize HIV clinical staging with HIV/AIDS surveillance…
Report of the WHO European Region Planning and Technical Consultation on working with civil society to scale up access to HIV prevention, treatment and care
The consultation included more than 100 participants from United Nations agencies, CBOs and non-government organizations representing people living with HIV and vulnerable groups affected by HIV/AIDS. The meeting reviewed progress in achieving universal access to antiretroviral therapy in the 52 Member States of the European Region and planned next steps.
ART failure and strategies for switching ART regimens in the WHO European Region: Report of the WHO expert consultation
A WHO/Europe report from an expert consultation in which recommendations were made and consensus reached in defining the goal of antiretroviral therapy and ART failure, strategies for switching to second-line ART, minimum monitoring requirements and the use of drug resistance testing.
The Health Journey
Understanding the dimensions of care and treatment for people with HIV: A community-centred methodology. ART involves far more than taking pills and there are many other challenges faced by a person with HIV. Maintaining or re-gaining health is the underlying goal of the search for treatment, care, support and prevention.
SKA UNGASS Statement
Written Open Statement, presented at the UN Special Session on HIV and AIDS in New York, 2008, by the Polish NGO named: The Social AIDS Committee.
Rapid hiv-testing motivates MSM in The Netherlands to take the test
Rapid HIV testing in a one-hour procedure motivates MSM in the Netherlands to take the hiv test.
The Search Must Continue
On 18 May 2008, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition released its 2008 report entitled, "The Search Must Continue" in anticipation of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on 18 May.
Towards Universal Access - Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector 2008
Two years ago at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS, countries committed to reaching as close as possible to the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010. In this report, as we approach 2010, we assess how far we have come.
Tevredenheidsonderzoek Checkpoint
Checkpoint held an email-based satisfaction survey among their clients who visit Checkpoint for a rapid hiv test
HIV VCT - concept and practices
A comparative assessment among HIV-testing offers in 5 EU countries. Presentation at European Seminar on VCT, Bucharest, 30 May - 1 June 2008
HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing. Report on survey findings in 5 EU countries. BORDERNET Project
A comparative assessment survey on HIV pre- and post-test counselling among HIV-test facilities in 5 EU countries