Health in Africa - Selected Publications

Health & Family Planning Overview

• A Family Is For a Lifetime: A Discussion of the Need for Family Care for Children Impacted by HIV/AIDS [928kb - PDF]
  The Synergy Project
  March 2004
• Life Skills and HIV Education Curricula in Africa: Methods and Evaluations [680kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  July 2003
• The Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Community-based Prevention, Care and Support Programs in Developing Countries: A Multi-country Diagnostic Study [1,225kb - PDF]
  USAID/Global Health, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Population Council
  July 2003
• Multisectoral Responses to HIV/AIDS: A Compendium of Promising Practices from Africa [789 kb - PDF]
  USAID-PVO Steering Committee on Multisectoral Approaches to HIV/AIDS, Mitchell Group and Academy for Educational Development
  April 2003
• The Health Sector Human Resource Crisis in Africa: An Issues Paper [874 kb - PDF]
  Jenny Huddart and Oscar F. Picazo, Academy for Educational Development
  February 2003
• Increasing Learning Opportunities for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa [332kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  Africa Bureau Brief, No. 3, 2003
• HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: A Clinical Course for People Caring for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS -- Participant Manual
  USAID/Global Health, Family Health International
  2003
• CBNRM and AIDS in Bushbuckridge, Northern Province, South Africa: An Exploratory Geographic Analysis [7629kb - PDF]
  Peter H. Freeman & Associates
  September 2002
• Integrated Community-Based Home Care (ICHC) in South Africa: A Review of the Model Implemented by the Hospice Association of South Africa [431 kb - PDF]
  Centre for AIDS Development Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
  August 2002
• Examining HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa through the Eyes of Ordinary Southern Africans [277kb - PDF]
  Alan Whiteside, Robert Mattes, et al.
  August 2002
• HIV Prevention in Conflict and Crisis Settings [626kb - PDF]
  Rodger Yeager and Donna Ruscavage.
  March 2001
• HIV/AIDS in the Commonwealth Capacity Building Programmes-Facing the Reality of HIV/AIDS: Training, Managing, and Motivating in Circumstances of High HIV/AIDS Prevalence [60kb - PDF]
  Deborah Hoover and Malcolm F. McPherson. African Economic Policy Discussion Paper No. 61
  August 2001
• Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV in Africa: Practical Guidance for Programs [579kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 606kb - PDF]
  Elizabeth A. Preble and Ellen G. Piwo
  June 2001
• Children on the Brink: A Joint Report on Orphan Estimates and Program Strategies [601kb - PDF]
  USAID, UNICEF, UNAIDS
  July 2002
• Africa Bureau Brief: USAID Response to the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Basic Education in Africa [1.17 MB - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  2002
• Tips for Developing Life Skills Curricula for HIV Prevention Among African Youth: A Synthesis of Emerging Lessons [559kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 515kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  January 2002
  Skills-based health education for HIV prevention provides learners with the knowledge and skills they need to avoid HIV infection and maintain reproductive health. This document offers practical guidance for those planning, implementing, or strengthening life skills curricula for young people in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Forgotten Children: the Legacy of Poverty and AIDS in Africa
  To request a copy, please email abic@dis.cdie.org
  USAID/ AFR/ SD
  2001
  VIDEO TAPE, 13 minutes
  Chronicles a day in the lives of several children surviving on the streets of Lusaka, Zambia's capital. The video's purpose is to give information that will raise awareness and mobilize resources to confront this crisis.
• Survival is the First Freedom: Applying Democracy & Governance Approaches to HIV/AIDS Work [563kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  2001
  A collection of tools for use in applying democracy & governance approaches to HIV/AIDS work. The tool kit is designed for use by donor organizations, civil society, government and the private sector.
• Demobilization and its Implications for HIV/AIDS: Background Paper [901kb - PDF]
  Manuel Barballo, Carolyn Mansfield, and Michaela Prokop
  October 2000
• Monitoring & Evaluation of Nutrition & Nutrition-related Programmes: A Training Manual for Programme Managers & Implementors [842kb - PDF]
  [also in French -- 464kb - PDF]
  USAID/AFR/SD
  August 2000
• National AIDS Programmes: A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation [1,769kb - PDF]
  Elizabeth Pisani and Ties Boerma
  June 2000

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