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Migrants can be especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS/STIs, but are often excluded or simply missed in many prevention and care programmes. This paper outlines key existing laws, policies and best practices in relation to the rights of migrants to health. It argues for a number of immediate changes to improve migrants' health and concludes with recommendations for the future development of policies to improve the health status of migrant populations.
This document provides information on how to set up and organise a national program against AIDS. It also covers the definition of program objectives, the formulation of strategies, the identification of appropriate activities and the evaluation of the program.
Ce document est une compilation d'extraits de matériels éducatifs, de méthodes, de techniques, d'exercices et de séances d'apprentissage dont l'objectif est de fournir aux enseignants confrontés aux problèmes de didactique et de méthodes pédagogiques concernant la prévention du SIDA une boîte à idées qui les aide dans la réalisation de leurs propres outils pédagogiques adaptés aux réalités locales.
AIDS is a significant public health threat worldwide. In many parts of the world, the use of injected drugs is a major mode of HIV transmission. Given the relationship between intravenous drug use and HIV infection, efforts must be made to reduce risks of infection among individuals and communities through advocacy and HIV/AIDS prevention programmes among drug users.
Community-level action has played a major role in the global response to HIV/AIDS. It has proved essential to many components of a successful national response, most notably, awareness, prevention, policy and legal changes, impact alleviation, advocacy, family and community care and support.
HIV counseling is an important component of HIV/AIDS prevention. Evaluations from Uganda and Rwanda demonstrated this. Yet, there is a reluctance among some decision-makers and service managers to give HIV counseling its proper due as a discipline through which trained practitioners can produce measurable useful results. It is under-resourced and not fully appreciated.
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.
The AIDS virus has been found in prisons in most countries of the world. This should be a source of the utmost concern -- not only for prisoners and prison staff, but for society in general.
This document outlines policies and principles for the prevention and care of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). It is designed to assist those who are involved in developing and implementing STD programmes. Although, it does not provide a detailed description of activities that may be used in the implementation of such programmes, some areas are highlighted in the Annexures to serve as models that can be adapted to local situations.
Ce guide de l'enseignant est le second d'un ensemble de documents de référence dont le but est d'aider planificateurs, enseignants et élèves à disposer de toutes les informations nécessaires pour l'éducation en matière de SIDA. Ce deuxième module, guide pour la formation de l'enseignant, analyse les méthodes d'enseignement en matière d'éducation pour la santé et donne des détails sur des sujets comme l'éducation par les pairs, la participation de la famille et des parents, l'évaluation des élèves et des informations de base sur le VIH/SIDA et les MST.
This handbook on school health education and the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other STDs is the first in a series of three documents designed for educational planners, educators and learners. Based on a participative methodology, this handbook discusses the main steps in curriculum planning. It also covers aspects of teacher training.
This handbook is specifically devoted to presenting methods for building culturally appropriate strategies and policies in relation to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care. The joint UNESCO/UNAIDS Project "A Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care" was launched in mid-1998, in relation to the new approach inaugurated by UNAIDS to HIV/AIDS prevention and care. The UNAIDS strategy emphasizes the necessity of giving priority to the multi-dimensional configuration of the issue and to the diversity of its environment, in order to build comprehensive and adaptable strategies and policies.
This think piece highlights the need to protect the education system so that it may also in turn protect. These two perspectives, education a vehicle for reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS and education itself as being threatened by the disease, are the focus of much of the literature on education and HIV/AIDS. In the past, the education sector itself has focused on its role in prevention; however, it needs to focus more on protecting itself so that it can continue to work on educating others. The authors use the conclusion to highlight a sense of urgency and call the reader to action.
This monograph provides insight into the documentation and publications existing throughout the world on information and education for the prevention of AIDS. This is directed at teachers, specialized educators, social workers and all responsible for educational activities and are facing problems of didactics and pedagogical methods with respect to the prevention of AIDS.
The contents of this book are drawn from contributions to the Global Conference on School Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention. Its objectives are to strengthen the awareness of teachers and education personnel on the importance of developing school health and HIV/AIDS prevention curricula, to show the specific roles of schools in promoting health, especially in relation to HIV prevention and HIV related discrimination and to develop school health especially AIDS issues.
