New HIV Clinical Training Resource

This new HIV Clinical Training Resource is available from IMPACT/Family Health International. A new facilitator's guide for training physicians, nurses and other health care workers to treat people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries is now available. "HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: A Clinical Course for People Caring for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS" features facilitator's notes to guide the training process. An accompanying CD-Rom contains PowerPoint slides and notes for course participants.

Young People - We Care! - a new resource manual

This 78-page resource manual, produced by JSI (UK)-Zimbabwe and funded by DFID Zimbabwe, is designed to encourage and help groups of young people support either younger children or their peers who are living in communities and households affected by AIDS. It contains a Training Guide for facilitators to use to prepare young people to implement community activities, and a Community Activities section that suggests activities young people can undertake in their communities.

Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency settings

With conflict and natural disaster fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in the developing world, the UN Inter Agency Standing Committee Task Force on HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings (IASC-TF) has released a practical handbook on effective interventions in the field.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children - Technical Consultation

Author(s): Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) Project. Produced by: Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA), USAID (2003). This report presents the outcomes of a consultation with researchers, policy makers and development workers to discuss responses to the needs of vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. It is intended as a practical complement to the 'Strategic Framework for the Protection, Care, and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV/AIDS'.

New database gives orphans of HIV/AIDS quicker access to grants

A new computerised database is giving a number of orphans of HIV/AIDS in a rural town in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province quick access to government foster care grants.

Women, Children, and HIV CD-ROM targets developing countries

With the aim of reaching the thousands of health care workers in developing countries who do not have ready access to the Internet, a CD-ROM containing the latest information on HIV/AIDS will be disseminated to the 19,000 delegates attending the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July.

UNAIDS report unveils latest global HIV/AIDS epidemic trends

UNAIDS warned that the number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has risen in every region of the world and last year five million people became newly infected with HIV - more people than any previous year.

The Agriculure, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Connections in Developing Countries

Author(s): Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD). Produced by: USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)/ Development Experience System (DEXS)(2003).

Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of work

About half those living with HIV are women, but women are now becoming infected at a faster rate than men. Many women experience sexual and economic subordination in their personal relationships and at work, and so cannot negotiate safe sex or refuse unsafe sex. This briefing from the International Labour Organization (ILO) claims that governments, employers, and trade unions have vital leadership roles to play in changing attitudes and practice in the world of work and the community at large.

New HIV/AIDS model reflects significant impact of interventions

Today the Actuarial Society of South Africa released the most recent version of their AIDS and Demographic model for projecting the impact of HIV/AIDS on the South African population. The model, known as the ASSA2002 model, predicts that some five million South Africans are currently infected with HIV. This is about 25% lower than previous estimates. The lower estimates are mainly due to improvements to the model to incorporate more up-to-date evidence that the relationship between antenatal prevalence and general population prevalence in South Africa is not the same as that observed in other African countries, where fertility is much higher than it is in South Africa. However, it is also due in part to the fact that the new model allows for interventions that have been in place for some years (such as increasing use of condoms and improved treatment of STDs).