Management of health programmes: HIV/AIDS
Country experiences
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HIV/AIDS: The Multisectoral Approach; A focus on Africa
Claudia Kessler Bodiang, 2001, Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation
Successful collaboration; transport sector; education sector
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AIDS and the Health Workforce in Africa Making Sense
pdf, 759kb
Guy Kegels & Bruno Marchal, 2005, Medicus Mundi International and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
The impact of AIDS on society; ‘prime age’ mortality; hetero-sexual transmission; How did it get this far? complex and context-dependent; What does AIDS do to the health workforce and the health system? effects on the health workforce; impact on the demand and need for health care; impact on staff morale; consequences for health workforce management; assessing the ‘response capacity’; specific key issues at organisational level;
(65 pages) -
Building Bridges with SIPPA: Lessons from an African Response to HIV and AIDS
Alison Dunn, 2005, Healthlink Worldwide
Developing capacity and promoting coordination between key players at all levels; supporting associations according to potential; connecting PLWHA through networks; developing local leader capacity to address HIV publicly, reduce stigma and help support communities for sustainable change; involvement of PLWHA in the national response; communicating, negotiating and building partnerships; strengthening links and stimulating learning processes across African countries; using skills and resources in Africa for an African-driven response to HIV and AIDS.
(54 pages; pdf 911kb) -
Principles, Issues and Options for Strengthening Health Systems For Treatment Access And Equitable Responses To HIV And AIDS In Southern Africa, EQUINET Discussion Paper 15
Hunyani Printers Bulawayo, 2004, EQUINET, Training and Research Support Centre
Guiding principles: transparency, joint planning, integrating care, realistic targets, HR development; a health systems approach to treatment access; conceptual framework for equity; prevention and care continuum; fair financing
(38 pages, pdf 301kb) -
Surmounting Challenges: Procurement of Antiretroviral Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Experience of Médicins Sans Frontières
2003, Médecins Sans Frontières, WHO and UNAIDS
Management cycle; selection, procurement, distribution and rational use of ARVs; experiences in 10 countries in Africa, Asia and South America; useful tools, references and sources of information
(56 pages, pdf 351kb) -
Partnership Work: the Health Service–Community Interface for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Hedwig Goede and Walid El Ansari (eds.), 2002, WHO
Opportunities and constraints to health services - community partnerships; examples of different types of partnerships in Uganda, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh
(68 pages, pdf 2MB) -
Implementing the UN learning strategy on HIV/AIDS : sixteen case studies
UNAIDS/07.08E / JC1311E, 2007, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Case studies from sixteen countries: Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Vienna (Austria), Viet Nam and Yemen. Presents each country’s unique experience in implementing the strategy and outlines lessons learned.
(100 pages, pdf 1.02MB) -
Equity and Fair Process in Scaling Up Antiretroviral Treatment: Potentials and Challenges in The United Republic of Tanzania
2006, WHO, GTZ and Tanzania Ministry of Health
Analysis of decision-making in the scale-up of ART, using the concept of fair process; targets for ART scaling-up; site selection of ART centres; eligibility criteria for patient selection and priority for special groups; drug protocols and procurement decisions; allocation of human resources for ART; cost-sharing or free access to ART
(28 pages, pdf 280kb) -
Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Chiradzulu Programme in Malawi
2004, WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières, Malawi, and the Ministry of Health and Population, Chiradzulu District, Malawi
Context of decrentralization; treatment regimes; laboratory monitoring; human resources training; drugs and resource management; community involvement; monitoring; patient outcomes; major challenges; lessons learned;
(20 pages, pdf 161kb) -
Secure The Future: Care and Support for Women and Children with HIV/AIDS
pdf, 1.14Mb
2006, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Corporate investment over five years to five countries in southern Africa – Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland,Innovative community outreach and education; dealing with patents and access; programme management; medical research and care; key issues and lessons learned;
(54 pages) -
Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas
pdf, 647kb
2006, WHO Regional Office for the Americas
- Political commitment and leadership, partnerships, and community mobilization
- Health systems/services strengthening, including the adaptation and application of appropriate tools
- Effective, reliable supply of medicines, diagnostics, and other commodities
- Links with health promotion and prevention of STI and HIV/AIDS within health services
- Strategic information and dissemination of lessons learned
(46 pages)