Synergy Publications
The Synergy Project's "Big Issues in Brief" papers provide
program managers with information on what works in HIV/AIDS programming.
The papers present the challenges and how to manage them—the
lessons learned from field experience—to guide successful
scale-up programs within the context of the President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief. The first three papers address the important
issues of stigma, living positively with HIV/AIDS, and counseling.
Big Issues in Brief papers are written in a direct and easily
accessible style, and end with a list of related Web resources
and endnotes that enable readers to easily locate additional HIV/AIDS
technical information consulted in the writing of the brief.
Counseling
and HIV/AIDS
Living
Positively with HIV/AIDS
Stigma
and HIV/AIDS—A Pervasive Issue
Community
Care, Change, and Hope: Local Responses to HIV in Zambia This case study documents a successful model for facilitating
a strong community response to HIV/AIDS. The Salvation Army Change
Program in Ndola and Choma Districts in Zambia illustrates the
facilitation process stimulating an appropriate local response
to HIV/AIDS, an essential component of human capacity development.
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Going to Scale in Ethiopia: Mobilizing Youth for a National HIV/AIDS
Program This case study describes a collaboration
between the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the YouthNet
and IMPACT Projects of Family Health International. The study
documents a successful youth-adult partnership that used youth-led
Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) as an effective methodology
to empower young people to communicate their sexual and reproductive
health needs. Order
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Case
Study of an NGO Capacity Development in Mexico: Developing a Participatory
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
This case study provides a record of how a group of leading Mexican
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) participated in the development
of a project planning matrix designed to represent
International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) activities in Mexico
and set indicators and collect data required to show project results.
It is a detailed account of a project that reached 64 different
groups in three priority states in its first year, strengthening
HIV/AIDS information and other services through capacity building
in strategic planning and external relations.
Room
for Change: Preventing HIV Transmission in Brothels This document forms one of three research-based resources
on HIV prevention among groups of individuals living and working
in high-risk transmission settings. The purpose is to help encourage
practical consideration and anlysis of the contextual causation
of HIV risk in the design of effective interventions. The approach
is based on Sweat and Denison’s description of four levels
of causation of HIV risk affecting individual behaviors, applied
to each of three major transmission settings. This document focuses
on sex work in brothel settings, while the two other documents
examine truck route and migrant settings. Each document examines:
Key issues relevant to the four levels of risk causation peculiar
to each transmission setting; Case study examples of structural
interventions seeking to address various levels of risk causation;
Summary and recommendations for the design of effective interventions.
Keeping
Up With the Movement: Preventing HIV in Migrant Work Settings The second in the three module series, this document will
help program managers and implementers establish a framework for
better understanding the levels of risk causation in migrant work
settings. Key issues arising from the detailed exploration of
migrant settings in section II can be used in the design of new
interventions, and/or to improve existing interventions.
Putting
on the Brakes: Preventing HIV Transmission along Truck Routes The third in the three module series, this document will
help program managers and implementers establish a framework for
better understanding the levels of risk causation in truck route
and other transmission settings. Key issues arising from the detailed
exploration of truck route settings in Section II can be used
in the design of new interventions, and/or to improve existing
interventions.
Tuberculosis
Coalition for Technical Assistance: Mid-Term Evaluation
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Family is for a Lifetime: A Discussion of the Need for Family
Care for Children Impacted by AIDS and Annotated Bibliography
Research Agenda for People at High Risk for HIV in Ghana
Women's Experiences with HIV Serodisclosure in Africa: Implications for VCT and PMTCT
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in India: Report on Town Hall Meeting
Men and Reproductive Health Programs: Influencing Gender Norms
Comprehensive Care and Support Systems Assessment in Five Central American Countries
The goal of this series is to disseminate key
research findings and expert analyses to busy practitioners and
policy makers working in the field. Each paper places significant,
new, or controversial research findings in a broader context and
explores their practical and policy implications for those working
on the frontlines. These are not “best practice” recommendations.
Instead, the series aims to help decision makers recognize research
breakthroughs and emerging technical challenges, and consider
their implications for HIV/AIDS program planning, design, and
applied research. The Methodology: In the development of each
paper, one or more internationally recognized experts frames the
paper, identifying key issues, recommending the most pertinent
and recent publications, and describing significant ongoing research.
The key issues and research findings are then modified into an
accessible format for a broad audience.
Sexual
Networks and HIV Program Design, Martina Morris,
Ruth O. Levine, and Marcia Weaver, October 2004
Effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted infections, Holmes, King K., Levine, Ruth and Weaver, Marcia. Bull World Health Organ. June 2004, vol.82, no.6, p.454-461. ISSN 0042-9686.
Genital herpes and human immunodeficiency virus: double trouble, Celum, Connie, Levine, Ruth, Weaver, Marcia et al. Bull World Health Organ. June 2004, vol.82, no.6, p.447-453. ISSN 0042-9686.
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best resources in . . . cost analysis for HIV/AIDS programmes
in low and middle income countries, Lorna Guiness,
Ruth Levine, Marcia Weaver. Health Policy and Planning
19(4), 242–245, Oxford University Press.
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Self-Testing for HIV: Directions for Action Research in Developing
Countries, Freya Spielberg, Ruth O. Levine, Marcia
Weaver, June 2003 Also published as Personal view: Self-testing
for HIV: a new option for HIV prevention? The
Lancet Infectious Diseases Vol. 4 October
Critical
Reflections on Human Capacity Development for HIV/AIDS Prevention,
Care and Support, Ann Downer, Ruth O. Levine, Marcia
Weaver, May 2003
Breastfeeding
and HIV Transmission in Developing Countries,
Grace John-Stewart, Ruth O. Levine, Marcia Weaver, July
2002
Microfinance
and HIV/AIDS: Five Key Questions on Program Impact,
C. Leigh Anderson, Mary Kay Gugerty, Ruth O. Levine, Marcia Weaver,
August 2002
