HIV/AIDS Treatment Communication

Greater Involvement of PLHA (GIPA)

Challenging, Changing, and Mobilizing: A Guide to PLHIV Involvement in Country Coordinating Mechanisms (2005)
This handbook focuses on specific issues, needs and problems faced by PLHA in relation to CCMs. In addition to background information other sections include basic information on CCMs and discussion on why PLHA should participate, roles and responsibilities of PLHA involved in CCM processes, guidelines developed by PLHA for CCM good practice and various other important topics.
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Enhancing the Greater Involvement of People Living with or affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA) in sub-Saharan Africa (2000)
Describes an initiative to enhance the greater involvement of PLHA in the response to HIV/AIDs. Malawi and Zambia were selected to implement a two-year pilot project whose main purpose was to test the use of the national United Nations Volunteer (NUNV) modality as a possible mechanism for enhancing this greater involvement.
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Improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment. (2002)
"This report shares experiences of the Alliance and its partners on improving access to treatment. It addresses good practice in HIV/AIDS-related treatment (attitudes, behaviors, treatment information, community and PLWHA involvement) and key areas for improvement (treatment availability and access, drugs, and advocacy)."
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The Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Delivery of Community-based Prevention, Care and Support Programs in Developing Countries (2003)
This study attempted to identify the conditions that foster PLHA involvement and the strategies that organizations can use to achieve meaningful involvement of PLHA.
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The Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Delivery of Community-based Prevention, Care and Support Services in Zambia (2003)
This summarizes the main findings from Zambia in a multi-country diagnostic study of involvement of PLHA in prevention, care and support activities.
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