HIV/AIDS Documents & Links

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HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Documents

• Effective Food and Nutrition Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS: What we know and what we need to know
  by Lawrence Haddad and Stuart Gillespie, FCND Discussion Paper #112, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2001 (Adobe pdf, 182 KB)

• HIV/AIDS: A guide for Nutrition, Care and Support
  by the FANTA Project, September 2001 (Adobe pdf, 410 KB)

• HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
  by Marti J van Liere, Royal Tropical Institute, the Netherlands (KIT), 2002
  (Adobe pdf, 81 KB)

• HIV/AIDS and Nutrition. A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for  Nutritional Care and Support in Sub-Saharan Africa
  by Ellen Piwoz and Elizabeth Preble, 2000
  (Adobe pdf, Caution! Large file: 2.24 MB)
  Also available in French (887 KB).

• HIV/AIDS and Nutrition: Helping families and communities to cope
  by Florence Egal and Arine Valstart, FAO in "Food, Nutrition and Agriculture"
  Vol. 25, 1999.

• Nutrition policy paper #20: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
  Report of the 28^th Session Symposium of the UN/ACC/Sub-Committee on Nutrition (SCN) held 3-4 April 2001, Nairobi, Kenya
  (Adobe pdf, 708 KB)

• Potential uses of food aid to support HIV/AIDS mitigation activities in sub-Saharan Africa
  DRAFT by the FANTA Project, 2001 (Adobe pdf, 479 KB)

• Early Breastfeeding Cessation as an Option for Reducing Postnatal Transmission of HIV in Africa
  by Ellen Piwoz (The SARA Project), Sandra Huffman, Diane Lusk, Elizabeth Zehner, and Chloe O'Gara (Ready to Learn), 2001 (Adobe pdf, 414 KB)

• Frequently asked questions on Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS 
  by the LINKAGES Project, updated April 2004 (Adobe pdf, 80 KB)
  Also available in French and Spanish.

• HIV and Infant Feeding: A Chronology of Research and Policy Advances and their implications for Programs
  by Elizabeth Preble, LINKAGES and Ellen Piwoz, the SARA Project, 1998
  (Adobe pdf, 290 KB)

• Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Africa: Practical guidance programs
  by Elizabeth Preble and Ellen Piwoz, 2001, the SARA Project
  (Adobe pdf, Caution: large file! 1.06 MB)

• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Asia: Practical guidance for programs
  by Elizabeth Preble and Ellen Piwoz, 2002, Academy for Educational Development (AED) (Adobe pdf, 614 KB)

• AIDS Brief for Sectoral Planners and Managers: Community Based Natural Resource Management
  by Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI)

• HIV/AIDS and Natural Resources in Africa: Findings from Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Uganda
  by Jane Dwasi, Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group 2002
  (Adobe pdf, Caution! Large file: 2.2 MB)

• HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Rural Livelihoods: Understanding and Responding
  by Michael Loevinsohn (ISNAR) and Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI),
  RENEWAL Working Paper #2, 2003 (Adobe pdf, 369 KB)

• Social and Economic Issues of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
  by Dr. Rene Loewensohn and Prof. Allen Whiteside, for SAfAIDS, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1997 (Adobe pdf, 375 KB)

• The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households/communities and the need for multisectoral prevention and mitigation strategies to combat the epidemic in rural areas
  by Erich G. Baier, FAO, 1997

• Guidelines for HIV Interventions in Emergency Settings
  2004, by UN Interagency Standing Committee (IASC), Taskforce on HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings (Adobe pdf, 524 KB)

• HIV/AIDS and emergencies: Analysis and recommendations for practice
  by Ann Smith, ODI Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) Paper #38, 2002
  (Adobe pdf, 218 KB)

• HIV/AIDS in Complex Emergencies – A Call for Action
  by Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS, in "Health in Emergencies" Issue 7,
  September 2000 (MS Word, 120 KB)

• HIV/AIDS and humanitarian action
  by Paul Harvey, ODI Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Report #16,
  April 2004 (Adobe pdf, 368 KB)

• Aidspan - Fundraising Assistance for Developing Country AIDS projects

• CORE Initiative: Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

• Development Gateway - HIV/AIDS Portal

• HEARD – The Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division
  The University of KwaZulu-Natal

• IAEN – International AIDS Economic Network

• International HIV/AIDS Alliance

• RENEWAL – Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security

• UNAIDS

• Africa HIV/AIDS Research Database (HARD)

• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database

• HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database