Afghanistan

This document provides information about best practices on treatment, care and support on Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in SAARC Member States.

The role of ACSM is crucial in achieving a world free of TB and HIV/AIDS. The aim of Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) is to support National TB and HIV/AIDS Control Programmes of the SAARC Region to combat stigma and discrimination, improve case detection and treatment adherence, empower people affected by TB and HIV/AIDS and to mobilize political commitment and resources for TB and HIV/AIDS.

This document highlights the SAARC regional context and points out major TB, HIV/AIDS and TB/HIV co-infection status and concerns, outlines strategy goal, objectives and expected outcomes. This document also explains the Strategy on the basis of its five different components.

HIV & AIDS, SAARC Region Update 2009 incorporates updated information on HIV/AIDS. This is the seventh annual report on HIV/AIDS situation in the SAARC Region. It includes general information on HIV/AIDS and describes global, regional and SAARC Member States' HIV/AIDS situation in 2007-2008.

This document aims to assess prevalence and correlates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, risk factors, and HIV knowledge among tuberculosis patients in Afghanistan.

This report is an excellent review of the current status and future plans for the control of TB in the SAARC Region.

The purpose of this report is to provide analysis of issues that have been identified in the official government report submitted to the CEDAW Committee in 2011, while also highlighting concerns that have been overseen and following up on developments over the years.

This is the twenty-first consecutive comprehensive annual report of the SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre (STAC). The report provides summary of the activities carried out by the Centre for the year 2016 along with introduction, goals, objectives, vision, mission and achievements of the Centre.

This report is based on research carried out by UNAMA/OHCHR human rights officers in Kabul and in eight UNAMA regional offices between March 2010 and September 2011. It updates earlier findings on the law's implementation in OHCHR/UNAMA's December 2010 study Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan.

This report aims to provide a general overview on the current conditions of women of Afghanistan from a gender perspective. The Afghanistan Women's Network believes that the conditions of women can only be empowered if her status and condition is improved within her relations with the other half, both at the domestic and public spheres.