AEGiS-MISC: id21 insights #64: Dealing with HIV and AIDS: Solutions in ordinary people's actions

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id21 insights #64: Dealing with HIV and AIDS: Solutions in ordinary people's actions

AEGiS Dissemination - November 22, 2006
Source: www.id21.org - The UK Department of International Development

Over the past several years, the HIV virus has spread in an alarming, complex and often hidden manner. Ordinary people, local and global communities and various organisations have responded to the epidemic in various ways. They offer many lessons but few have been widely adopted. The latest issue of id21 insights asks: "What can we learn from this diversity of response? Can we find better ways to help scale up the coverage, quality and impact of civil society action?"

Guest editor Jerker Edstrom from the Institute of Development Studies says that it is important for health systems to involve clients, communities and affected groups in planning and negotiating HIV testing, treatment, care and social protection arrangements. He offers other recommendations too based on some of the key contributions in the issue.

This issue of insights is free at http://www.id21.org/insights/insights64/index.html or as a PDF #64: Dealing with HIV and AIDS: Solutions in ordinary people's actions.pdf and in print. To receive print copies and a free subscription to future issues of 'id21 insights', please email your full postal address to id21@ids.ac.uk quoting "id21 insights#64" and stating how many copies you would like to receive (all id21 publications are free of charge). Back issues are also available – see www.id21.org/insights/index.html

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