Eldis News Feed

  1. Arguing the cost-effectiveness of HIV screening for older adults

    12:35 on 22nd January 2010
    This newsletter reviews some recent research on ageing and HIV/AIDS, trying to figure out HIV/AIDS risk factors and the cost-effectiveness of HIV screening ...

  2. How can organisations ensure their SHRH interventions are effective?

    18:33 on 1st December 2009
    Worldwide, extensive experience, evidence and information is available showing what works and what does not when implementing sexual and reproductive ...

  3. Analysing intermediary organisations capacity for quality responses to HIV/AIDS

    17:40 on 3rd December 2009
    Building the organisational, HIV technical and policy capacity of civil society organisations is key to planning and delivering high quality responses ...

  4. Can moving HIV testing out of clinics make the testing process more equitable between different social groups?

    12:52 on 13th November 2009
    The plan to increase HIV testing is a cornerstone of the international health strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. ...

  5. Strengthening of national research and information systems should be a key component of health and health research programmes

    12:31 on 19th October 2009
    This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, argues that in most low- and middle-income countries, foreign-funded initiatives ...

  6. Participatory activities on sexual and reproductive health with young people

    17:21 on 6th October 2009
    This toolkit is a result of team work between sexual and reproductive health practitioners working with young people in Zambia, Malawi Zimbabwe and ...

  7. A human rights based approach to promoting HIV prevention and treatment

    13:12 on 6th October 2009
    In a world where the overwhelming majority of HIV infections are sexually transmitted, sex workers and their clients are at heightened risk of HIV, in ...

  8. How does HIV and AIDS care and prevention impact on sex work projects?

    12:58 on 6th October 2009
    Many HIV agencies and civil society groups are considering the impact of new prevention and care methods and planning to incorporate them into their programs ...

  9. Assessing the coverage of key services for HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment

    18:20 on 5th October 2009
    This report from Constella Futures Policy Project presents the results of an assessment of the coverage of several key services for the prevention, ...

  10. Protecting sex workers from violence and HIV risk in Cambodia

    18:13 on 5th October 2009
    As one of the few countries that have managed to check the spread of HIV, Cambodia is widely praised as a success story. This success is often attributed ...