This issue describes some of the remarkable people and effective programs making a difference in the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The people featured include two courageous men-one who told two presidents and the world of his family's struggle with HIV, and another who used his extraordinary talents to educate others about the virus that was to end his life at age 41. Programs highlighted include FHI's efforts in Cambodia, where a strong national response is beginning to have an impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, in Kenya, where the IMPACT program links intensive prevention efforts with community-based care, and in Guyana, where IMPACT is strengthening NGOs' HIV prevention projects with youth. Other articles explore the World AIDS Day 2000 theme, "Men Make a Difference," and the urgent need to integrate HIV and TB services.
This issue highlights effective partnerships for HIV/AIDS prevention and care involving a range of partners, from community members to business owners. It includes articles on community mobilization to support orphans and other vulnerable children in southern Africa, a network of people living with HIV/AIDS in India, and a successful private-public partnership to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in South African mining communities. Other articles examine the growing role of nongovernmental organizations in Russia's response to a burgeoning epidemic, the results of a dynamic strategic planning process in the Dominican Republic, and the growth of youth drama groups dedicated to HIV prevention in Kenya.
This issue examines a number of ways to expand the reach and scope of HIV/AIDS prevention and care efforts. It includes articles about outreach services for injecting drug users and their partners in Ukraine, options for preventing trafficking of women and children in Asia, and promising research findings from Uganda on an affordable drug to prevent mother-to child HIV transmission. Other topics addressed include the impact of STI treatment on HIV transmission, strengthening HIV testing and other laboratory diagnostic services, voluntary HIV counseling and testing, and FHI's surveys on HIV risk behavior to help monitor and evaluate prevention efforts in 20 countries.
This first issue of Impact on HIV examines efforts to link HIV prevention with care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. Included are articles on innovative programs in India and Nigeria, access to antiretroviral therapy in non-industrialized countries, the experience with highly active antiretroviral therapy in the United States, living with HIV, preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission, and voluntary HIV counseling and testing.
