Vision: The HIV/AIDS Working Group combats the HIV/AIDS crisis by ensuring that HIV/AIDS programming is adequately integrated into effective child survival, maternal health, and primary health care services as part of a community-based and holistic approach.

2007 Working Group Highlights

The HIV/AIDS working group, in coordination with the Nutrition Working Group presented a State of the Art Technical Update on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission and Infant/Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Options for HIV+ Mothers in November 2006 in Washington, DC.

The event served to update participants on the evidence-base related to IYCF and HIV transmission and included highlights from the latest WHO technical consultation, as well as findings and lessons learned from the LINKAGES Program.

• Past highlights

Working Group Tools/Resources

• CORE Group Country Collaboration Model: Bundled Proposal for GFATM Funding in Haiti
• Improving Access To and Use of Quality Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Services: A checklist for community-based health projects
• HIV & Infant Feeding Question and Answer Guide (English and Swahili) (URC Quality Assurance Project)
• CORE Case Study: Integrating TB and HIV Care in Mozambique: Lessons from an HIV Clinic in Beira
• KPC Module 2: Breastfeeding and Infant/Child Nutrition (June 2006 Update)
• WHO PMTCT Guidelines (July 2004)
• Recommendation for the Nutrient Requirements for HIV-Infected Persons in Resource Limited Settings (December 2003)
• HIV/AIDS Resource Materials (December 2002)
• Understanding and Challenging HIV Stigma: Toolkit for Action (Change Project)
• WHO Toolkit on HIV Testing and Counselling

For additional resources, see Child Health + Development database.

Working Group Meetings and Reports

• Community-Based Programming for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and HIV Counseling and Testing - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (May 2005)
• Programming for HIV and TB Co-Infection (December 2004)

Working Group Toolbox

• Working Group Member List

Useful Links

• AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
• AIDSpan
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
• Hope for African Children Initiative
• Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (US)
• Resources for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration
• Resources on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS - The Interagency Youth Working Group
• Stop AIDS Campaign (UK)
• Synergy HIV/AIDS Resource Center
• UNAIDS
• UNESCO HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse
• USAID Office of HIV/AIDS
• World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Programme

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