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Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Displaced and War-Affected Populations

Wendy Holmes (for the International Rescue Committee)
Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Displaced and War-Affected Populations
ISBN: 978-1-56549-162-5
$29.95
2003/228 pages/LC: 2003001618
A Kumarian Press Book
"IRC's essential and innovative manual, Protecting the Future, is the first of its kind and long overdue....  Treating only immediately life-threatening diseases while ignoring HIV/AIDS in emergencies is merely delaying suffering and death. All persons and organizations working with such vulnerable populations should put into practice what is written in this important work."—Paul Spiegel, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

"An exemplary state-of-the-art field tool that addresses not only the needs of communities affected by conflict, but also the challenges humanitarian assistance providers face in preventing and managing the explosion of the HIV/AIDS epidemic."—Sandra K. Krause, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children

DESCRIPTION

Protecting the Future outlines a practical, step-by-step process for the design and implementation of HIV programs among displaced and war-affected populations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wendy Holmes, a physician with more than 30 years of experience in community health, is technical director of Better Vision and Healthy Aging at the Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction: Why Humanitarian Agencies Should Concern Themselves with HIV Prevention and Care.
  • PREPARING YOURSELVES.
  • Exploring your Own Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior
  • Basic Facts about HIV Infection.
  • Thinking About the Communities You Work With.
  • What Role Might NGOs Play in the Response to HIV?
  • ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
  • Gathering Information—Analyzing the Situation.
  • The Strategic Planning Process.
  • WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIV PREVENTION AND CARE?
  • Counseling for HIV Prevention and Care.
  • Preventing Transmission Through Sex.
  • Strategies for Prevention of Transmission Through Injecting Drug Use.
  • Enabling People to Live Positively with HIV.
  • ISSUES FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
  • Prevention and Care in Relation to Parent-to-Child Transmission.
  • Prevention of Transmission Though Blood Transfusion.
  • Prevention of Transmission in Health Care Settings.
  • Providing Care and Support.
  • Appendixes: Questions to Assist in Planning a Situation Analysis. HIV Testing Strategies. PLA Exercises for Gathering Sensitive Information—Some Examples. Syndromic Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Selected References, Resources, and Further Reading.
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