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Con el objetivo de mejorar el conocimiento sobre la situación epidemiológica de los niños, niñas y adolescentes con VIH en Argentina y ampliar el saber sobre el estado de la respuesta que se ofrece desde los servicios de salud, la Dirección de SIDA y ETS del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (DS y ETS) y la Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría (SAP) organizaron un encuentro con los referentes de los servicios donde se atiende a la mayor parte de esa población, incluyendo a los principales laboratorios que participan del proceso de diagnóstico pediátrico. …
The purpose of the 'AIDS 2008 Impact Report: Evidence to Action' is to inform the global response to HIV using the evidence, lessons learned, and debates from the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008), held in Mexico City from 3-8 August 2008. The 'AIDS 2008 Impact Report' is intended to be used by all stakeholders to support implementation of evidence-based policy and programming that will bring us closer to the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. It is divided into five major sections: 1. …
Estimating the size of populations at risk for HIV : issues and methods. A joint UNAIDS/IMPACT/FHI workshop report and conclusio
This note highlights the increasing risk of young people to HIV infection. It begins with an epidemiological overview and then analyses the factors that contribute to young people's vulnerability, including lack of information and access to youth-friendly health services, the needs of special target groups, and the links between drug use and HIV/AIDS. The paper then highlights the need for youth-friendly programmes and services, including peer-to-peer education and life skills. It also notes the importance of integrated youth health policies and high-level political comittment. …
This document captures Nigeria's various contributions to regional and international international meetings between 1986 and 2003. The abstracts were grouped into the following sections: Basic Sciences, Clinical Success, Epidemiolmogy and prevention, Social sciences, Human rights
This is a report of a workshop organised for facilitators of African women organisations. The objective of this workshop was to provide African women with the appropriate knowledge and life skills to enable them to protect themselves from HIV transmission.
The vulnerability of women increase the impact of HIV on the family, the community and the society at large. Since HIV/AIDS Education is an effective strategy to raise awareness on the need to protect women. UNESCO, in collaboration with UNAIDS and the UNDP Regional Project on HIV and development organized from 7- 11 September 1998 a Workshop for Coordinator of women's grassroots Organizations from 17 African Countries. This report presents the major contributions on: 1. Women and AIDS: HIV infection scope and epidemiology in Africa; 2. Women and AIDS: Impact and response; 3. Preventive Education, Women and AIDS: experience of women organizations; 4. Preventive Education, Women and AIDS: Gender Approach; 5. Preventive Education, Women and AIDS: experience of women organizations: messages and tools.
This document from the Congo was presented at a Regional seminar on education and AIDS in the educational system in French-speaking Africa. The paper is structured in four parts: 1) the current situation of the epidemic; 2) the present structure of the National Programme for the control of AIDS; 3) the contribution of NGOs in actions to combat HIV/AIDS and STDs; and 4) the role of Ministry of Education in the control of HIV/AIDS and STDs.
This report discusses the objectives of on-going studies on HIV-2 and some preliminary results. It is based on a review made during an informal meeting of researchers concerned with HIV. The report describes concerns of researchers with regard to the interpretation of the results obtained in the laboratory. It concludes with the need to coordinate, standardize and facilitate epidemiological research on HIV-2.
The Technical Meeting on the Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS was held to discuss current approaches and future research needs for estimating the demographic impact of HIV. One purpose of this meeting was to review the results, methodology, data and assumptions concerning the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in the recently released 1998 revision. A second purpose was to review existing knowledge on factors related to the demographic impact of AIDS and make recommendations on parameter values, approaches to sharing information and research needs in order to improve future estimates and projections.
This report addresses the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean. It gives a regional overview of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes and looks at policies of national AIDS programmes and four projects run by NGOs.
This is a report of a meeting of people living with HIV/AIDS, NGOs, national AIDS programme managers and UN representatives. Questions deliberated include: What are the current and future issues relating to access to drugs for HIV/AIDS at country and global levels? What partnerships should be created at country level to address these issues? What should be the nature and scope of these partnerships at country level? What should the UN do at global and country level to support these partnerships?
This report describes the dynamics of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe. It draws upon 20 presentations prepared by epidemiologists and social scientists from seven countries of the former Soviet Union as well as experts from Denmark, United Kingdom and India. The report focuses primarily on the socioeconomic and behavioral determinants of the epidemic among specific "at risk" groups such as intravenous drug users, prison inmates, sex workers and homosexuals. It also looks at issues of general concern such as testing policies, migration...
This is a report of a symposium on the status and trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world. The symposium was organized in France by the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network. It aimed to foster the exchange of information on status and trends for use by international, national and local bodies. The main topics covered include: 1)the state of the epidemic in 1998; 2)migration and HIV/AIDS; 3)inequities in care and support for those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS; 4)mother-to-child transmission; 5)HIV transmission in the health care setting; 6)AIDS orphans; 7)interaction between tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS programmes; and 8)general recommendations.
Ce rapport est le fruit d'une conférence organisée conjointement par l'ONUSIDA et l'AIDS Research Intitute of the University of California. Cette conférence visait à examiner le rapport de changement qui existe entre le traitement et la prévention dans les pays développés et ceux en voie de développement, ceci, afin d'en identifier les implications pour définir des orientations de politique, de recherche, de prévention, de communication et de financement. Ce volume contient les conclusions et les recommandations de la réunion et des résumés des communications présentées à cette occasion.
