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Improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment: A report sharing experiences and lessons learned on improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment

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Section 1: Setting the scene
Early discussions on access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment
1.1 The Alliance and its partners: learning from experience
1.2 Sharing experiences with others: developing a handbook
1.3 Summary of lessons learned on improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment

Section 2: Good practice in HIV/AIDS-related treatment
Introduction: safe and effective HIV/AIDS-related treatment
2.1 Attitudes and behaviours for safe and effective treatment
2.2 Treatment information
2.3 Treatment for specific populations
2.4 Working with others
2.5 Integration of HIV/AIDS and TB services
2.6 Involving people with HIV to improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment
2.7 Involving communities
2.8 Assessment, decision-making and keeping track of work

Section 3: Key issues for improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment
Introduction: HIV/AIDS-related treatment in context
3.1 Availability and accessibility of HIV/AIDS-related treatment
3.2 Drugs and other commodities for treatment and prevention
3.3 Advocacy: working towards change

References

Glossary of terms
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ARV antiretroviral therapy
CBO community-based organisation
CPT care and prevention team
DOTS directly observed treatment – short course; for example, TB medication
EDL Essential Drugs List
EDM essential drugs and medicines
HIV human immuno-deficiency virus
LO linking organisation
MTCT mother-to-child transmission
NACO National AIDS Control Organisation, India
NGO non-governmental organisation
OI opportunistic infection
OVC orphans and vulnerable children
PLHA people living with HIV/AIDS
STI sexually transmitted infection
TB tuberculosis
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
USAID United States Agency for International Development
VCT voluntary counselling and testing
WHO World Health Organization
WHO – EDM World Health Organization – Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy

Preface
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) is an international nongovernmental organisation that supports communities in developing countries to make a significant contribution to HIV prevention, AIDS care and support to children affected by the epidemic.

Since its establishment in 1993, the Alliance has provided financial and technical support to NGOs and CBOs from more than 40 countries. In addition, the Alliance promotes good practice in community responses to HIV/AIDS more broadly through evaluation, operations research, the development of training materials and tools, as well as policy and advocacy activities.

The mission of the Alliance is to support communities in developing countries to play a full and effective role in the global response to AIDS.

The Alliance accomplishes this by mobilising a broad range of non-governmental and community groups, increasing their access to resources at a local level and enhancing their technical and organisational skills. The Alliance also supports groups to share lessons learned, to collaborate with others and to have a voice in national and international policy development. In this way, the Alliance encourages creative prevention, care and impact-mitigation efforts that respond to the real needs of communities, are owned by local people and have a sustainable impact. By learning from these partnerships, the Alliance has developed a reputation as a centre of expertise on non-governmental organisation (NGO) support and community mobilisation.

The Alliance’s involvement with improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment arose from experiences gained by working with communities in many different countries.

This report aims to share these experiences and lessons learned and is based on the Alliance’s work with its partners to develop the publication Mobilising NGOs, CBOs and PLHA Groups for Improving Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Treatment - A Handbook of Information, Tools and other Resources.

Section 1 of this report sets the scene, outlining the key issues and discussion points around access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment, the experience and learning of the Alliance and its partners in this area and the process of developing the handbook. Section 2 looks at the different elements that contribute to good practice in HIV/AIDS-related treatment. Section 3 explores key issues in improving access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment.

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The Alliance would like to thank the following organisations that contributed to the development of this report:

Alliance linking organisations

  • Initiative Privée et Communautaire contre le SIDA au Burkina Faso (IPC), Burkina Faso

  • Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA), Cambodia

  • Corporación Kimirina, Ecuador

  • Philippines HIV/AIDS NGO Support Programme (PHANSuP), Philippines

  • Alliance Nationale contre le SIDA (ANCS), Senegal


Alliance country offices
  • India HIV/AIDS Alliance, India

  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance – Zambia HIV/AIDS Alliance, Zambia


Other organisations that contributed to the development of this report in the following countries include:

Burkina Faso
  • Centre Oasis – Association African Solidarité, Ouagadougou


Cambodia
  • Association of Farmers Development (AFD), Takeo Province

  • Battambang Womens AIDS Project (BWAP), Battambang

  • Cambodian Children Against Starvation and Violence Agency (CCASVA), Phnom Penh

  • Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Care (CHEC), Phnom Penh

  • CARE – Cambodia, Phnom Penh

  • Hope – Cambodia, Phnom Penh

  • Human Rights Protection and Rural Development Association (HURIPRUDA), Battambang

  • Indradevi Association (IDA), Phnom Penh

  • Kasekor Thmey (KT), Kampong Cham Province

  • Key of Social Health Educational Road (KOSHER), Phnom Penh

  • Khmer Buddhist Association (KBA), Banteay Mean Chey Province

  • Khmer Rural Development Association (KRDA), Battambang

  • Medecin du Monde, Phnom Penh

  • National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD (NCHADS), Phnom Penh

  • National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT), Phnom Penh

  • Social, Environment, Agricultural Development Organisation (SEADO), Beanteay Meanchey

  • Vithei Chiwit (PLHA group), Phnom Penh

  • World Vision – Cambodia, Phnom Penh


Côte d’Ivoire
  • CeDReS, Abidjan

  • Centre d’Assistance Socia-Médicale, Abidjan

  • Centre Intégré de Recherches Biocliniques d’Abidjan, Abidjan

  • Centre Plus Yopougon, Abidjan

  • Projet COTRAME/IRD

  • Projet RÉTRO-CI, Abidjan

  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Abidjan

  • United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), Abidjan


India
  • AIDS Awareness Group (AAG), New Delhi

  • Chelsea, New Delhi

  • Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT), Project CHILD, Mumbai

  • Delhi State AIDS Control Society, New Delhi

  • India HIV/AIDS Alliance, New Delhi

  • India Network of Positive People (INP+), Chennai

  • Lawyers Collective – HIV/AIDS Unit, Mumbai

  • Maharashtra Network of Positive People (MNP+), Mumbai

  • MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi

  • Michael’s Care Home, New Delhi

  • Model HIV Counselling Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

  • NAZ Foundation (India) Trust, New Delhi

  • NGO HIV/AIDS Forum, New Delhi

  • RMC Hospital, New Delhi

  • Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT), New Delhi

  • Salvation Army, Mumbai

  • Shadows – Solomon Hospital, Chirala

  • Society for Development Research and Training (SFDRT), Pondicherry

  • Society for Service to Urban Poverty (SHARAN), New Delhi

  • St Joseph’s Hospital, Pondicherry

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New Delhi

  • World Bank, New Delhi

  • World Health Organization (WHO), New Delhi

  • Y.R. Gaitonde (YRG) Care, Chennai


The Philippines
  • Action for Health Initiatives, Inc. (ACHIEVE), Metro Manila

  • Hope Foundation, Manila

  • Kabalikat Ng Pamilyang Pilippino, Quezon City

  • Pamana Development Co-operative Federation Inc., Cavite

  • Philippines National AIDS Council, Manila

  • Pinoy Plus Association, Manila

  • Positive Action Foundation (PAFPI), Manila

  • Remedios AIDS Foundation, Manila


Zambia
  • Archdiocese of Lusaka Home Based Care Programme, Lusaka

  • Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Lusaka

  • Catholic Diocese of Mbala, Mbala

  • Catholic Diocese of Mongu, Mongu

  • Catholic Diocese of Ndola, Ndola

  • Central Board of Health (CBoH), Lusaka

  • Chikankata Health Services, Mazabuka

  • Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ), Lusaka

  • Copperbelt Health Education Project (CHEP), Kitwe

  • Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) – Hope Humana, Ndola

  • Family Health Trust (FHT), Lusaka

  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Lusaka

  • Kara Counselling and Training Trust (KCTT), Lusaka

  • Kasaba Home Based Care, Kasaba

  • Mansa Community Home Based Care, Sisters of Mercy, Mansa

  • Network of Zambian People with HIV (NZP+), Lusaka

  • Our Lady’s Hospital, Chilonga

  • St Francis Community Home Based Care, Livingstone

  • St Francis Hospital, Katete

  • St Theresa’s Hospital, Ibenga

  • Thandizani, Lundazi

  • World Health Organization (WHO), Lusaka

  • Zambia Catholic Secretariat (ZCS), Lusaka

  • Zambia Integrated Health Programme (ZIHP), Lusaka


The Alliance would also like to thank UNAIDS and WHO – Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (WHO – EDM) for their collaboration in developing the publication Mobilising NGOs, CBOs and PLHA Groups for Improving Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Treatment – A Handbook of Information, Tools and other Resources. Finally, the Alliance would like to thank the following donors for their support in the printing of this report: the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Published: June 2002

© The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2002.

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This publication was made possible through the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Department for International Development and the US Agency for International Development (under the terms of the Award Number HRN-G- 00-98-00010-00). The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the donors mentioned above.