Involving Young People in the Care and Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia
Discusses findings from a study that examined how to involve youth in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children.
Discusses findings from a study that examined how to involve youth in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children.
This workshop aimed at bringing together a wide range of agencies working to provide care, compassion and preventive education to children vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in the Mekong sub-region in order to share lessons learned and draft an agenda for further action - both at the policy and legislative
Drawing on an overview of research conducted for WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS, this paper outlines some of the issues that need to be addressed when working on HIV/AIDS prevention with young people.
This study was carried out between March and September 2003.
The human tragedy and mounting crisis of orphans and vulnerable children demands a global response. Attention now is required to generate the resources and to expand the partnerships needed to respond adequately, and with common objectives, over the long term.
Summarizes findings from an intervention study to increase use of and satisfaction with VCT services among youth.
Explores the specific issues that cluster around the provision of "care" in the context of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Recent evidence suggests that the burden of new HIV infections in developing countries is concentrated among young people and females.
This paper summarizes the extensive body of research on the state of girls' education in the developing world today; the impact of educating girls on families, economies, and nations; and the most promising approaches to increasing girls' enrollment and educational quality.
Greater Involvement of People Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA) is a concept, which involves theoretical and practical principles to involve People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) in various development activities at all levels.