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HIV

An estimated 33 million people are currently living with HIV, with more than 2.5 million new infections in 2007. Over the last 25 years 60 million people have become infected with the virus and 25 million have died. The social, economic and personal effects that this has on communities across the developing world is unquestionably huge.

The unprecedented loss of life has critically affected the capacity of governments and other institutions, even reversing progress on development in many highly affected countries. The pandemic is deepening poverty in entire communities, with children usually the first to suffer from the deprivation. The church and faith based organisations have a key role to play both in terms of providing services to affected communities and influencing government policies and practices. A focus on children can be seen as a way of understanding the wider impact of HIV and AIDS on communities and society as a whole.


Un débat permanent cherche à déterminer si l’investissement important dans les programmes VIH et sida a détourné le financement qui aurait pu aller vers d’autres domaines des programmes de santé, et si un tel financement VIH direct (vertical) a un im...
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Do local HIV responses strengthen health systems or do they take away much needed resources for other areas of health? The focus of this research is the role of faith based organisations – which to date have been largely unacknowledged in the discour...
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The joint Tearfund / UNAIDS report looks at the possibilities and challenges of collaborative relationships in response to HIV between Christian religious entities and national governments, donors and other religious entities in Kenya, Malawi and DRC...
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In July 2008 the UK government’s Department for international development (DFID) released their new strategy on HIV and AIDS "Achieving Universal Access". This document picks out some of the information that is particularly relevant to Tearfund’s w...
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Why is action necessary to scale-up prevention of mother-tochildtransmission of HIV (PMTCT)? In 2007, 420,000 children were infected with HIV. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) occurs during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding and is responsible...
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Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, which can occur during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding, is responsible for over 90 per cent of paediatric infections. Sub-Saharan Africa, where women represent 61 per cent of adults living with HIV, ac...
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Tearfund welcomes the publication of the UK Government’s updated strategy on HIV: ‘Achieving Universal Access – the UK’s strategy for halting and reversing the spread of HIV in the developing world’. The commitments in the updated strategy echo many...
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This booklet is aimed at organisations which are already working in HIV, but have not yet considered an advocacy approach to it. The booklet sets out why advocacy on HIV is important, why governments should be held accountable, and how civil societ...
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Este pequeno livro é para organizações que trabalham com pessoas que vivem com HIV ou são afetadas por ele, mas ainda não consideraram a possibilidade de realizar a defesa e a promoção de direitos na área do HIV. Neste breve guia, examinamos o q...
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Este folleto está dirigido a aquellas organizaciones que se dedican a trabajar con personas que viven con o están afectadas por el VIH pero que todavía no han contemplado realizar defensoría de VIH. En esta corta guía estudiamos qué es la defens...
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Ce livret est destiné aux organisations qui sont engagées dans des travaux concernant des personnes vivant avec le VIH ou affectées par cette pandémie, mais qui n’ont pas encore envisagé de faire un plaidoyer sur le VIH. Dans ce bref opuscule, n...
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A report from the Faith WG of the AIDS Consortium - Religion is a key element in individual’s lives, community organisation and social structures worldwide. This review considers the extent to which DFID has supported faith-based organizations in l...
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This document looks at how development agencies and churches could work together to increase their positive impact on HIV and AIDS.
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International donors and the Kenyan Government have recognised the devastating effect that HIV and AIDS are having across the world and particular in sub-Saharan Africa. They are beginning to respond with additional resources and new policies and act...
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This paper reviews the procedures and processes of the Global Fund with regard to funding local faith-based initiatives, particularly through the experience of Tearfund partner organisations in six African countries (Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Rwan...
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This paper reviews the procedures and processes of the World Bank's Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP) for Africa with regard to funding local faith-based initiatives, particularly through the experience of Tearfund partner organisations in six African...
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