Guidelines
Guidelines
 | These guidelines are the product of collaboration between the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. In view of their complementary mandates, their long-standing and close cooperation in the area of occupation- al health, and their more recent partnership as co-sponsors of UNAIDS, the ILO and the WHO decided to join forces in order to assist health services in building their capacities to provide their workers with a safe, healthy and decent working environ- ment, as the most effective way both to reduce transmission of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens and to improve the deliv- ery of care to patients. This is essential when health service workers have not only to deliver normal health-care services but also to provide HIV/AIDS services and manage the long- term administration and monitoring of anti-retroviral treat- ments (ART) at a time when, in many countries, they are them- selves decimated by the epidemic. Download this publication |
| This booklet provides assistance and guidance to planners and programme mana- gers at country level in costing selected HIV/AIDS interventions while staying fo- cused on the overall goals to halt and reverse the epidemic. It provides the scheme for Rapid Costing Assessments (RCAs) including a spreadsheet (INPUT) for genera- ting local data on unit costs. Download this publication |
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The advent of potent antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 1996 led to a revolution in the care of patients with HIV/AIDS in the developed world. Although the treatments are not a cure and present new challenges with respect to side-effects and drug resistance, they have dramatically reduced rates of mortality and morbidity, have improved the quality of life of people with HIV/ AIDS, and have revitalized communities. Moreover, HIV/AIDS is now perceived as a manageable chronic illness rather than as a plague. Download this publication |
| Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS work in tandem, creating a vicious cycle (see Figure 1). HIV compromises the immune system of infected persons, increasing their susceptibility to other infections, which can negatively affect nutritional status. Conversely, malnutrition increases the severity of the HIV disease by further weakening the immune system, which decreases the body’s ability to fight HIV and other infections. Download this publication |
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As HIV moves into its third decade, it continues to grab the headlines. The devastating impact of the virus on development has shaken us awake to the need to do more to prevent its spread. Many lessons have been learned about effective prevention but many countries still have difficulty focusing their efforts on the interventions that will have the greatest impact in stemming the spread of the virus. Download this publication |
| Adolescents are the forgotten millions in reproductive health programs. Although the numbers of young people who need information and services are enormous, services are scarce, fragmented or nonexistent. Download this publication |
 | This document provides an overview of the principal issues which need to be considered in strengthening surveillance systems and increasing their utility. It suggests priority approaches for the various epidemic states. Technical guidelines are provided in separate documents. Download this publication |
