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1. Changes in Sexual Behaviour Leading to the Decline in the Prevalence of HIV in Uganda: Confirmation from Multiple Sources of Evidence
This paper details an approach to identifying the changes in sexual behaviour that led to an observed dramatic reduction in the prevalence of HIV in Uganda in the early 1990s. Rather than present the evidence from one scientific method, this paper reviews 7 kinds of evidence and examines the consistency among them...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280349/347
2. Texts Tackle HIV in South Africa
Project Masiluleke, a text messaging project in South Africa, intends to tackle the problem of slowing the progress of HIV, in a country with an estimated 6 million people living with HIV, by encouraging people to seek testing and treatment. It is scheduled to send (beginning December 1 2008) one million free text messages a day to push people to be tested and treated...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280430/347
3. Girls' Education and HIV Prevention
This advocacy briefing note addresses the centrality of educating girls to HIV prevention worldwide. The note opens with statistics designed to give context and explain the motivation for stepping up efforts to achieve the Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280776/347
4. HIV and AIDS Education in Emergencies
This advocacy briefing note explores the role that HIV and AIDS education can play in preventing the rapid spread of HIV in post-conflict settings. It begins with an outline of some recent statistics that illustrate the complex relationship between HIV/AIDS and humanitarian crisis...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280789/347
5. Mainstreaming HIV in Education
This advocacy briefing note presents the framework of a sector-wide approach that mainstreams HIV and AIDS into existing education sector programmes. The current challenge noted here is that HIV/AIDS continues to be seen predominantly as a health issue, rather than a priority to be mainstreamed into overarching educational plans...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280802/347
6. Structural Approaches to HIV Prevention
This report builds on evidence and experience to address gaps affecting use of the structural approach to HIV prevention. The authors begin by defining structural factors and approaches; then they describe the available evidence on their effectiveness and discuss methodological challenges to the assessment of these efforts to reduce HIV risk and vulnerability...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/281429/347
7. UNAIDS Combination Prevention Briefs
This series of briefs is designed to offer an overview of the key interventions needed as part of a combination prevention approach in the countries of Eastern and Southern Africa with high HIV prevalence. The briefs focus on the following 4 areas: modes of transmission, multiple concurrent partnerships, vulnerabilities of women and girls, and male circumcision...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280404/347
8. Behavior Change and HIV Prevention: (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century
This paper is the result of an examination of research and analysis of practices by the Global HIV Prevention Working Group. From the Executive Summary: "Recent results from clinical trials of potential new HIV prevention interventions underscore what we have known for decades: Wider delivery of effective behavior change strategies is central to reversing the global HIV epidemic..."
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/281663/347
9. Cross-Generational Sex: Risks and Opportunities
This brief is based on a larger review entitled, "Addressing Cross-Generational Sex: A Desk Review of Research and Programs," as well as discussions with experts about the findings of this review. The brief is designed to broaden the understanding of cross-generational sex, look at how many young girls it affects, describe frameworks that guide current thinking about the behaviour, and propose lessons for improving future interventions...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/281093/347
10. Battling Old Behaviour the New Front in AIDS Fight
This article looks at the impact of multiple concurrent partners on the HIV pandemic in Uganda, as well as a new campaign initiated by Population Services International (PSI) that aims to discourage the "Sugar Daddy" phenomenon. The article argues that a new resurgence in HIV infection in Uganda has been spurred on by an increase in multiple concurrent partnerships...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/281402/347
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Please VOTE in our NEW HIV/AIDS POLL:
Which of the following comparisons in the effect on HIV increase by country would you most like to see graphed by the Gapminder method - http://www.comminit.com/en/node/274070/347 - of demonstrating statistical change?
* Increase/decrease in personal wealth of women related to rate of HIV.
* Increase/decrease in employment of women related to rate of HIV.
* Increase/decrease of condom use related to rate of HIV.
* Increase/decrease of personal wealth of men related to rate of HIV.
* Increase/decrease of employment of men related to rate of HIV.
VOTE and COMMENT at http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283063/347
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RESULTS of the most recent HIV/AIDS Poll:
If culturally delicate HIV/AIDS factors such as male circumcision or fewer multiple concurrent partners are to be effectively addressed, which communication strategies are most required?
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21%: Education campaigns
16%: Information
13%: Public debate
12%: Social marketing
11%: Individual/partner counselling
11%: Media focus
8%: Private dialogue
6%: Skills training
2%: Other
Total votes: 286
Selected comments included:
"Since they are sensitive topics, and cultural as well, there is need for traditional media to be used for example circumcision is male specific and there are fora, for example the dare in Zimbabwe were men gather by the fire to discuss issues. This could be at occasions such as weddings, funerals or other gatherings. To disseminate information, there may be a need to have opinion leaders within the community who will be able to convince people of the need."
"it is vital to ensure that our communities do not mis-interprete the messages brought forth by our campaigns. They must be clear and easily understandable in common languages!"
"None of these will work unless reforms increase the power of women to control their bodies and their lives."
"I think there has been less focus on the 3 items I have ticked [social marketing, public debate, skills training] compared to the rest. I consider the 3 items crucial in complementing what is already happening."
"These campaigns should be linked to trusted institutions in the community - such as churches, traditional leaders etc."
"Grassroots organizations need to talk with all stakeholders on a one on one and community basis to re-inform and re-educate communities as well as creating strategic alliances with the stakeholders of such cultural factors (ie re-educating village elders)in order to create a new social awareness within the community, or at least pockets of such resistance and change."
"It is really necessary to get the factors related to these out in the open and talked about - be that in public fora or around a meal."
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11. Soul City Institute Regional Programme 2002 - 2007 Impact Evaluation Summary
This is an evaluation of the Soul City Regional Programme (SCRP), an HIV/AIDS communication project which involves 8 southern African countries and combined the adaptation of local communication materials with a large-scale capacity building programme. The aim of this evaluation was to investigate the impact of the local communication interventions in each country on individuals and communities...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280976/347
12. HIV and AIDS Training Toolkit
This educational resource from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) includes training booklets, activities, and newsletters about projects from five member organisations in Brazil, India, Kenya, Malawi, and Peru. It is written for youth leaders, teachers, and other trainers working with children and youth...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282173/347
13. The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High HIV/STI Prevalence Settings
This toolkit is described as an interactive, client-friendly approach for improving counseling on family planning and prevention, detection, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV. The toolkit, developed and tested in Kenya and South Africa, provides the information and materials needed for health care facility directors, supervisors, and service providers to implement the Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) approach in their family planning services...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282178/347
14. Keeping the Promise: An Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS
This publication advocates for increased attention to the particular ways in which women worldwide are vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. It provides statistics designed to illustrate the fact that AIDS is affecting women and girls worldwide in increasing numbers...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282183/347
15. Religion - a Double-Edged Sword in HIV Fight
This article discusses the positive and negative role of religion in HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment. As stated here: "The contribution of faith-based organisations to the treatment and care of people living with HIV and AIDS is well known, but it is less clear whether religion is an aid or a barrier when it comes to HIV prevention efforts..."
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282450/347
16. Join-In Circuit on AIDS, Love, and Sexuality - Global
Initially developed by the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), the "Join-In Circuit on AIDS, Love, and Sexuality" is an adaptable HIV prevention tool that has been tailored to the local context within 18 countries worldwide. It centres around a workshop with 5 or more stations at which facilitators help participants to learn critical information about HIV through interactive problem-solving, games, and conversation...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282300/347
17. Boosting Prevention: The Join In-Circuit on AIDS, Love, and Sexuality
This publication describes the "Join-In Circuit on AIDS, Love, and Sexuality" workshop at which trained facilitators help participants learn critical information about HIV. Throughout each 75-minute session, facilitators engage youth in lively forms of dialogue about how HIV is transmitted, how to talk about sexuality and love, condom use, non-verbal communication, living with HIV, and so on - all the while emphasising 3 main messages: "Be informed; protect yourself and others; show solidarity..."
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282313/347
18. Condom, Condom! Campaign - India
Launched in December 2007, the BBC World Service Trust (WST)'s 1-year-long "Condom, Condom!" campaign promotes condom use among young men in India. The safe sex campaign seeks to change attitudes and behaviour through television, radio, and online public service advertisements (PSAs)...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282510/347
19. India: Ganjam's Prejudice Turns to Pride
This Women's Feature Service (WFS) piece looks at emerging positive changes among HIV-positive women in the high-migration Ganjam district of Orissa in India. Author Manipadma Jena celebrates the fact that HIV-positive widows are declaring their positive status and helping in campaigns and among collectives to spread awareness about the epidemic...
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282660/347
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