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Programs

Fact Sheets

This series of fact sheets offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art information on virtually every aspect of HIV/AIDS prevention,
care and treatment, and mitigation.

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Prevention

Behavior Change Communication for HIV/AIDS

A multilevel approach to promote and sustain risk-reduction behavior through tailored messages in a variety of communication media.

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Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

Reducing high rates of STIs that can lead to HIV infection requires a comprehensive prevention and treatment strategy.

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Developing a Comprehensive HIV/AIDS/STI Program for Uniformed Services

The command and control hierarchy of the military and other uniformed services allows HIV/AIDS/STI/TB prevention and care to be integrated into existing systems.

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HIV/AIDS Interventions with Youth

Stopping the spread of HIV requires following certain guiding principles in targeting young people likely to engage in risk behavior.

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HIV/AIDS Interventions with Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

MSM are at particular risk because of secrecy and stigma that contribute to high rates of high-risk, unprotected sex.

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HIV Prevention in Mobile Populations

Those who travel away from home for extended periods are at particular risk for HIV but can be reached in a number of ways.

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HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Workplace

The workplace offers a structured environment for sharing information, reinforcing notions of acceptable behavior, and implementing interventions.

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Reducing HIV in Injection Drug Users (IDU)

A comprehensive strategy that promotes behavior change through harm reduction is essential to HIV programming for IDUs.

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Reducing Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV

An essential component of preventing HIV infection in children is to prevent MTCT during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and breastfeeding.

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Tuberculosis (TB) Control in the Era of HIV/AIDS

TB must be targeted in areas with high rates of HIV because it is curable and it can accelerate HIV disease.

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Care and Treatment

Care and Support for HIV/AIDS: Building Capacity

Health care systems must develop their capacity to meet the increasing challenges of a growing epidemic.

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Care for Orphans, Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, and Other Vulnerable Children (OVC)

Lessons have been learned from development, child survival, children of war, and HIV/AIDS programs to care for the growing number of children orphaned and left vulnerable by AIDS.

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Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Programming

Interventions must take place at multiple levels if they are to influence individual and societal norms of behavior, improve health infrastructure, and alleviate constraints to HIV prevention and care.

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Issues in HIV Diagnostics for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)

Testing protocols that maximize the sensitivity and specificity of HIV antibody detection must be incorporated into voluntary counseling and testing services.

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Models of HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Services Delivery

The choice of model or models of VCT depends upon a program's goals, cost, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, confidentiality, and convenience to the client.

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Safe and Effective Introduction of Antiretroviral (ARV) Drugs

The availability of antiretroviral drugs, clients themselves, and health systems are all involved in managing HIV infection and maintaining productivity and social functioning.

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Nutrition in Comprehensive HIV Care, Treatment and Support Programs

In its comprehensive approach to HIV care, treatment and support, FHI promotes integrating nutritional services throughout the continuum of HIV/AIDS care. Nutritional status and the progression of HIV are strongly interrelated.

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Treatment and Care Initiative

Developed for use in Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda, this fact sheet offers an overview of FHI's Treatment and Care Initiative, a unique effort to introduce antiretroviral therapy (ART) into settings that offer HIV/AIDS prevention and care services.

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Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV

VCT is an effective and pivotal entry point and strategy for both HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

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Mitigation

Behavioral Data Collection in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors

National HIV/AIDS programs must choose the methods for collecting data about attitudes, beliefs, and practices that will determine how best to respond.

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Capacity Development in HIV Programming

Resources must be allocated in the planning process to develop the capacity for an expanded and comprehensive response (ECR) to HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and mitigation.

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Ethical Issues in Data Collection for HIV Programming and Evaluation

The highest ethical standards must be upheld in collecting behavioral or biological data on HIV/AIDS/STI.

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Evaluating Program Effectiveness

Evaluation is an essential component of any intervention to measure the extent to which it achieves its objectives.

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