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Alternative Names
  • Discrimination
  • Prejudice
Summary

Note: Topic descriptions are intended to be a search aid rather than an authoritative or complete definition

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This topic encompasses policy and related documents referring to negative social behaviour, prejudice and shaming directed at people living with HIV/AIDS and/or their families and communities. Published sources include references to the issues of homophobia, workplace discrimination, gender and AIDS-related violence, country-specific cultural practices, poverty and AIDS orphans.

Prepared by: Adam Bowles

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Published Resources

Book Sections

  • Verma, Ravi K.; S. Salil; Veera Mendonca; S. K. Singh; R. Prasad; R. B. Upadhyaya, 'HIV/AIDS and Children in the Sangli District of Maharashtra (India) (preliminary version)', in Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), AIDS, Public Policy and Child Well-Being, UNICEF, 2003, p. 53. (Also available at http://www.unicef-icdc.org/research/ESP/aids/chapter8.pdf) [ Details... ]

Conference Papers

  • Chong, Susan, 'NGO/CBO Activities in the Asia- Pacific Region: Meeting the Challenges', in 16th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of AIDS Research, (28-30 November 2002, Nagoya, Japan)., APCASO, Kuala Lumpur, 28-30 November, 2002, p. 16. (Also available at http://www.apcaso.org/html/ReadFrame.asp?pDocument=../Documents/KeyDocuments /SusanChong-nagoyapaper-26nov2002.doc) [ Details... ]
  • Fysh, Geoffrey, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, 'History of the Government's Response to HIV in the Sex Industry', in HIV and Sex Work - 1st National Conference, Melbourne, AFAO, 2-3 April 1996, p. 15. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Rao, JVR Prasada, 'Overview of Epidemic and Response in Asia and the Pacific', in Plenary Speech at VIII International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Colombo 2007 by JVR Prasada Rao, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2007, p. 9. [ PDF File | Details... ]

Edited Books

  • Stephenson, Niamh; Cammi Webb; Marina Carman (ed.), Testing, Trials and Re-thinking Human Rights: Reflections from the HIV Pandemic, ASHM - Australasian Society for HIV Medicine; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW; National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of NSW, Darlinghurst, 2005, 24 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]

Journal Articles

Reports

  • The National AIDS Campaign 1986 to 1992: An Overview, Submission by AIDS/Communicable Diseases Branch for the Evaluation Panel Review of National HIV/AIDS programs, Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Canberra, November 1992, 50 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Papua New Guinea National HIV/AIDS Medium Term Plan 1998-2002, Developed by the Government of Papua New Guinea with assistance from the United Nations, June 1998, 74 pp. [ Details... ]
  • HIV Prevention and Care in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) - Principles of Strategy, HIV Prevention in Hong Kong Strategy Series, AIDS Prevention and Care Committee, Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS, Hong Kong, September 2001, 9 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Comments on the Draft Declaration of Commitment for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS from Civil Society Organizations Meeting in Geneva 25-27 April, 2001, ICASO - International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, May 1 2001, 17 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • An ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, ILO - International Labour Organization, Geneva, 2001, 38 pp. (Also available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/code/languages /hiv_a4_e.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Setting the Agenda of Promoting Acceptance of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong - A Strategy Paper, Committee on Promoting Acceptance of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Advisory Council on AIDS Hong Kong, Janurary 2001, 12 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Care & Welfare of People Living with HIV/AIDS - Strategy Paper, HIV Prevention in Hong Kong Strategy Series, AIDS Prevention and Care Committee, Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS, July 2001, 28 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis, UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund; UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; WHO - World Health Organization, July 2002, 52 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • National IEC/BCC Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS Programme, NACO - National AIDS Control Organisation, New Delhi, 2004, 45 pp. (Also available at http://www.nacoonline.org/guidelines/iec_strategy.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • The Pacific Regional Strategy and Key Actions on HIV/AIDS 2004-2008, (Second Draft), SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 11th May 2004, 28 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Blueprint for Action on Women & Girls and HIV/AIDS, 8 March 2006, 6 pp. (Also available at http://www.athenanetwork.org/docs/Blueprint_Manifesto_2006_EN.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • PNG Interim Health Sector HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy, n/d, 28 pp. (Also available at http://www.baha.com.pg/) [ Details... ]
  • Aahung, Shazia Mohammad Habib Ahmed Afsar, Guidelines for BCC: Enhancing Content and Strategies for Harm Reduction Service Provision, National AIDS Control Programme (Pakistan) & Futures Group, Karachi, September 2004. (Also available at http://www.futuresgroup.com/Documents/GBCCPakistan.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • ACA Secretariat, LegCo Adjournment Debate on AIDS - ten years on, Advisory Council on AIDS Hong Kong, September 2004, 16 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Advisory Council on AIDS Hong Kong, Strategies for AIDS Prevention, Care and Control in Hong Kong, Advisory Council on AIDS Hong Kong, 1994, 85 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Advisory Council on AIDS Hong Kong, AIDS Strategies for Hong Kong 1999-2001, The Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS, 1999, 21 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • AFAO - Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc. & NAPWA - National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Submission to Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Review of Guidelines for Providers of Insurance and Superannuation, December 2003, 23 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • AIDS/STD Section, Disease Control Division, Department of Public Health, Malaysia, National Strategic Plan: Prevention and Control of HIV Infection, Malaysia, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 30 June 1998, 26 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Air Niugini Ltd, HIV & AIDS Workplace Policy, 2007, 9 pp. (Also available at http://www.baha.com.pg/downloads/Air_Niugini.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Akhter, Halida Hanum, Commitment for Action: Assessing Leadership for Confronting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Across Asia - Focus on Bangladesh, POLICY Project, January 2005, 43 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/PoliticalCommitment/BangladeshPC.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Amin, Avni, Risk, Morality, and Blame: A Critical Analysis of Government and U.S. Donor Responses to HIV Infections Among Sex Workers in India, Centre for Health and Gender Equity - CHANGE, Takoma Park, MD, January 2004, 32 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • ANCARD - Australian National Council on AIDS & Related Diseases, The National Indigenous Australians' Sexual Health Strategy 1996-97 to 1998-99, A Report of the ANCARD Working Party on Indigenous Australians' Sexual Health, Looking Glass Press for Publications and Design (Public Affairs) Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra, 1997, 122 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • ANCARD - Australian National Council on AIDS and Related Diseases, Status Report on Implementation of the Final Report Recommendations of the Legal Working Party, The Council, Canberra, June 1999, 69 pp. (Also available at http://www.ancahrd.org/pubs/pdfs/statrepfinal.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Aon (PNG) Limited, Aon Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS, Aon Consulting (PNG) Limited, Port Moresby, May 2007, 3 pp. (Also available at http://www.baha.com.pg/downloads/AON_PNG.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific, UNAIDS, October 2001, 81 pp. (Also available at http://data.unaids.org/Publications/IRC-pub03 /Melbourne1001_WorkshopReport_en.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+ Position Paper 1: AIDS-Related Discrimination and Human Rights, APN+, January 2004, 12 pp. (Also available at http://www.7sisters.org/resource_centre/common /APN%20Discrimination%20%20Human%20Rights%20Position%20Paper%20-%20Jan%20%27031.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, AIDS Discrimination in Asia, APN+, 2004, 57 pp. (Also available at http://www.gnpplus.net/regions/files/AIDS-asia.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+ Position Paper 2: GIPA, Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, January 2004, 13 pp. (Also available at http://www.gnpplus.net/regions/files/APN_GIPA_position.doc) [ Details... ]
  • AusAID - Australian Agency for International Development, Meeting the Challenge: Australia's International HIV/AIDS Strategy, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, July 2004, 33 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government Response to the 2002 Reviews of the National HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Strategies and Strategic Research, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2003, 72 pp. (Also available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content /health-pubhlth-publicat-document-metadata-hivhepc_response.htm$FILEhivhepc_response.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Baden, Sally, Women, HIV/AIDS and Development: Towards Gender Appropriate Prevention Strategies in South-East Asia and the South Pacific, BRIDGE (development - gender), Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, October 1992, 59 pp. (Also available at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/re5c.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Baingana, Florence; Rachel Thomas and Christine Comblain, HIV/AIDS and Mental Health, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper, The World Bank, Washington, January 2005, 65 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/Resources /281627-1095698140167BainganaHIVAIDSMH.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Banach, Linda, Unjust and Counter-Productive: The Failure of Governments to Protect Sex Workers from Discrimination, The Scarlet Alliance and AFAO, November 1999, 51 pp. (Also available at http://www.afao.org.au/library_docs/policy/sexworkdiscrim.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Bangladesh AIDS and Prevention Control Programme, Strategic Plan of The National AIDS Programme of Bangladesh 1997-2002, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, July 2000, 44 pp. (Also available at http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org /ev.php?URL_ID=1653&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1097143865) [ Details... ]
  • Bharat, Shalini; Peter Aggleton; Paul Tyrer, India: HIV and AIDS-Related Discrimination, Stigmatization and Denial, UNAIDS Best Practice Collection Key Material (UNAIDS/01.46E)., UNAIDS, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, August 2001, 72 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Boyce, Paul and Sunil Pant, Rapid Ethnography of Male to Male Sexuality and Sexual Health, Family Health International, Kathmandu, December 2001, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Bureau for Development Policy and the UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme, Asia Pacific, Regional Report on HIV/AIDS 2004: Transformation Across Borders: Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific Region, UNDP, 2004, 60 pp. (Also available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/docs/regional_reps/asia_pacific_regional_report.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Cabassi, Julia, Renewing Our Voice: Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS, The NGO HIV/AIDS Code of Practice Project, Geneva, 2004, 110 pp. (Also available at http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_pubs.pl?health/hivaids/NGOCode.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Carr, Dara and Laura Nyblade, Taking Action Against HIV Stigma and Discrimination: Guidance Document and Supporting Resources, DFID - Department for International Development, London, November 2007, 64 pp. (Also available at http://www.aidsportal.org/repos/stigma%20guidance%20doc.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Chartier, Marie-Claude, Legal Initiatives to Address HIV/AIDS in the World of Work, The ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work Research and Policy Analysis Series, Language of publication: English, ILO - International Labour Organization, Geneva, 2005, 25 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Commission on AIDS in Asia, Redefining AIDS in Asia: Crafting an Effective Response - Report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 26 March 2008, 258 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Commonwealth Youth Programme, Commonwealth Secretariat, Final Communique: Commonwealth Youth Forum 4, Abuja, Nigeria: 25 November to 3 December 2003, Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003, 20 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Cornu, Christophe, et al, Enhancing the Greater Involvement of People Living With HIV (GIPA) in NGOs/CBOs in India: A Handbook of Information and Tools for NGOs/CBOs, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, International HIV/AIDS Alliance & India HIV/AIDS Alliance, August 2006, 120 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Costello Daly, Celine Dr., Prevention of Trafficking and the Care and Support of Trafficked Persons (In the Context of an Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nepal), Horizons Project, Population Council, The Asia Foundation & Population Council, New Delhi, February 2001, 78 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • de Kort, Gerard; Sunil Batra; Ratna Pasaribu; Mohsen Vazirian; Salman Ul-Hassan, Young People and Drugs: Towards a Comprehensive Health Promotion Policy, Final Report, Unabridged version edn, AHRN - Asian Harm Reduction Network, Chiang Mai, March 2005, 190 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • DFID - Department for International Development, Taking Action: The UK's strategy for tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world, Department for International Development (UK), London, July 2004, 81 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • DFID - Department for International Development, HIV and AIDS Treatment and Care Policy, DFID, London, July 2004, 43 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Dhaliwal, Mandeep & Tom Ellman, Improving Access to Anti-Retroviral Treatment in Cambodia, KHANA - Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance, September 2003, 47 pp. (Also available at http://synkronweb.aidsalliance.org/graphics/secretariat/publications /kh0903_Cambodia_access_to_treatment.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Duvvury, Nata; Nandini Prasad; Nanda Kishore, HIV & AIDS - Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention Manual, International Center for Research on Women, 2006, 130 pp. (Also available at http://www.icrw.org/docs/2006_SVRI-Manual.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • EAP - The Essential Advocacy Project, The Power to Change - A Training Manual: Building Advocacy Capacity for India's HIV/AIDS Response, Training Resources, EAP, New Delhi, August 2007, 341 pp. (Also available at http://www.constellagroup.com/international-development/resources /power-to-change.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Elliot, Richard, Criminal Law, Public Health and HIV Transmission: A Policy Options Paper, UNAIDS Best Practice Collection, UNAIDS 02.12E, UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, June 2002, 52 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • FHI - Family Health International, Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV: A Strategic Framework, FHI, Arlington, VA, June 2004, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: A Legislative Audit, NCASC - National Centre for AIDS and STD Control, POLICY Project & FWLD, March 2004, 102 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/NEP_LegAudit.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Futures Group, China--UK HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project Midterm Report (2000--2002), Futures Group Europe, October 2002, 75 pp. (Also available at http://www.futuresgroup.com/Documents/ChUK_Midterm_Report.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Government of Nepal, Nepal's National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2002-2006, Government of Nepal, 2002. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org/html/pub/topics/nsp-library/nsp-asia /nsp_nepal_2002-2006_en_doc.htm) [ Details... ]
  • Hamblin, Julie, People Living with HIV: The Law, Ethics and Discrimination, Issues Paper No.4, HIV and Development Programme, United Nations Development Programme, New York, November 1993, 9 pp. (Also available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/publications/issues/english/issue04e.htm) [ Details... ]
  • HIV/AIDS & STI Section, PHP, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, The Pacific Regional Strategy on HIV/AIDS 2004-2008 (Final Working Draft), (Final Working Draft), SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 5th July 2004, 32 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Hodges, Jane, Guidelines On Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Through Employment and Labour Law, International Labour Office, Geneva, January 2004, 59 pp. (Also available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/papers/hivaids.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Human Rights Watch, Future Forsaken: Abuses Against Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in India, Human Rights Watch, © 2004, 219 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Human Rights Watch, Locked Doors: The Human Rights of People Living With HIV/AIDS in China, Human Rights Watch, © August 2003, 95 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • ICRW - International Center for Research on Women, HIV/AIDS Stigma: Finding Solutions to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Programs, International Center for Research on Women, 2006, 16 pp. (Also available at http://www.icrw.org/docs/2006_stigmasynthesis.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • India HIV/AIDS Alliance and the Resource Center for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS, Supporting Safe ARV Treatment in India: Building Treatment Friendly Communities, Rapid Assessment Study: Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2006, 32 pp. (Also available at http://synkronweb.aidsalliance.org/graphics/secretariat/publications /Supporting_safe_ARV_treatment.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies, Orphans and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS - Principles and Operational Guidelines for Programming, IFRC, n/d, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance, What's Preventing HIV/AIDS Prevention?: Policy Statement to UNAIDS, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Brighton, 2004, 12 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Building Blocks: Asia (Education), Briefing notes for communities working with orphans and vulnerable children, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2006, 24 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Building Blocks: Asia (Health and Nutrition), Briefing notes for communities working with orphans and vulnerable children, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Brighton, 2006, 28 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Building Blocks: Asia (Social Inclusion), Briefing notes for communities working with orphans and vulnerable children, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Brighton, 2006, 20 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Kelly, Michael J., Planning for education in the context of HIV/AIDS, Fundamentals of Educational Planning 66, UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning, Paris, 2000, 110 pp. (Also available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001224/122405e.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Khan, Shivananda; Aditya Bondyopadhyay, From the Front Line, The impact of social, legal and judicial impediments to sexual health promotion, and HIV and AIDS related care and support for males who have sex with males in Bangladesh and India: a study report, Naz Foundation, Naz Foundation, 2005-6, 57 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Körner, Henrike; Maria Petrohilos; Daniel Madeddu, Living With HIV and Cultural Diversity in Sydney, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Sydney, 2005, 22 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Larson, Heidi J. and Jai Prakash Narain, Beyond 2000: Responding to HIV/AIDS in the New Millennium, SEA/AIDS/122, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, 2001, 72 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, HIV/AIDS Action Plan: Sexual and Reproduction Health Strategy, Ministry of Health, Government of New Zealand, Wellington, 2003, 54 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Vietnam Till 2010 with a vision to 2020 (incomplete), Promulgated together with the Prime Minister's Decision No. 36/2004/QD-TTg of March 17, 2004, The Government, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, 2004, 39 pp. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org.vn/local/gov/36-2004-qd-ttg.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, Government, Guanyu Jiaqiang Yufang he Kongzhi Aizibing Gongzuo de Yijian (Recommendations on Reinforcement of HIV Prevention and Control), Ministry of Health, Government of China, 1995. (Also available at http://www.chinaids.org.cn/zhq/ShowContent.asp?lm=031&sn=663) [ Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, Government of China, Guanyu dui Aizibing Bingdu Ganranzhe he Aizhibing Bingren de Guanli Yijian (Recommendations on the Administration of People with HIV and AIDS patients), Ministry of Health, Government of China, 1999. [ Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, Government of China, Yufang Aizhibing Muying Chuanbo Gongzuo Shishi Fangan (Shixing) (Implementation Plan of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (Pilot)), Ministry of Health, Government of China, 2004. (Also available at http://www.moh.gov.cn/public/open.aspx?n_id=8798&seq=0) [ Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, Government of China, Yufang Kongzhi Aizibing Xuanchuan Jiaoyu Zhishi Yaodian (Main points for Education and Media Communication in order to prevent and control HIV/AIDS), Ministry of Health, Government of China, 2004. (Also available at http://www.moh.gov.cn/news /more_index.aspx?tp_class=A102&ifShowSubClass=0&CurrectPage=1&keywords=) [ Details... ]
  • Moll, Kevan, Too Few to Worry About? Or Too Many to Ignore? The Exclusion of People with Disabilities from HIV Programmes in India, Final Report. This project was funded and supported by the Programme Management Office (PMO) on behalf of the Department of International Development (DFID)., March 2007, 63 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Myaya, Mary, Integrating HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services into Reproductive Health Settings: Stepwise Guidelines for Programme Planners, Managers and Service Providers, Joint publication of IPPF South Asia Regional Office and UNFPA, 2004, 87 pp. (Also available at http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/245_filename_hiv_publication.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • National AIDS Committee of Vietnam, Medium Term Plan for Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam, 1994-1995 and 1996-2000, Approved by Minister of Health, Chairman of the National AIDS Committee of Vietnam, Prof. Nguyen Trong Nhan, Ministry of Health, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, March 1994, 21 pp. [ Details... ]
  • National AIDS Control Programme, The National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework, 2001-2006, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan; UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001. (Also available at http://www.nacp.com.pk/pdf /THE%20NATIONAL%20HIV_AIDS%20STRATEGIC%20FRAMEWORK.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • National Center For AIDS and STD Control, Nepal's National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Final Draft, Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of Nepal, July 19 2002, 48 pp. (Also available at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/pdf/countries/nepal2.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Nyblade, Laura and Dara Carr, Towards a Stronger Response to HIV and AIDS: Challenging Stigma, n/d, 9 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Ogden, Jessica; Khuat Thu Hong and Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Understanding HIV and AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Vietnam, International Center for Research on Women, Washington, 2004, 56 pp. (Also available at http://www.icrw.org/docs/vietnamstigma_0204.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • OHCHR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights International Guidelines, Second International Consultation on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights (23- 25 September 1996), HR/PUB/91/1 edn, United Nations, Geneva, 1998, 58 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Paxton, Susan; Alice Welbourn; with P Kousalya; Anandi Yuvaraj; Sapana Pradhan Malla; Motoko Seko, "Oh! This One is Infected!": Women, HIV & Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region, ICW - The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004, 27 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Phan Van Khai (Prime Minister of Vietnam), Directive of the Prime Minister on Strengthening HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, No. 02/2003/CT-TTg, The Government, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, 2003, 3 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Phan Van Khai (Prime Minister of Vietnam), Decision No. 36/2004/QD-TTg of March 17, 2004 approving the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Vietnam Till 2010 with a vision to 2020, Includes the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Vietnam Till 2010 with a vision to 2020, The Government, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, March 17, 2004. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org.vn/local/gov/36-2004-qd-ttg.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • POLICY Project, The Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, POLICY Project, June 2003, 43 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/VIET_SEI.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • POLICY Project, HIV/AIDS in the Mekong Region: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, & Viet Nam, Current Situation, Future Projections, Socioeconomic Impacts, and Recommendations, POLICY Project, June 2003, 64 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/generalreport/ACF1B3.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Rabukawaqa, Vilikesa (Ministry of Health), Fiji National HIV/AIDS Policy, Draft, September 2001, 38 pp. [ Details... ]
  • San, Pham Bich, Pham Huy Dung, Khuat Thu Hong, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh and Tran Tuan, Report Evaluation of the National AIDS Program January 1996 - June 2001 in Vietnam, conducted by Market and Development Research Center for VIE/98/006 Project - HIV/AIDS Capacity Development, UNDP - United Nations Development Programme; National AIDS Standing Bureau, Ministry of Health; AusAID - Australian Agency for International Development, Hanoi, May 2002, 132 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Schaffer, Teresita C.; Pramit Mitra, India at the Crossroads: Confronting the HIV/AIDS Challenge, A Report of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Delegation to India, January 3-10, 2004, CSIS - Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., January 2004, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Sexual Health and Rights Program, Open Society Institute, Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Thailand, Open Society Institute - Network Public Health Program, 2006, 74 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Smith, Mohga Kamal, Gender, Poverty and Intergenerational Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, Oxfam GB, 2002, 9 pp. (Also available at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/hivaids/downloads/gendervuln.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • State Council of China, Aizibing Jiance Guanli de Ruogan Guiding (Rules on Administration and Surveillance of HIV/AIDS), State Council of China, 1988. (Also available at http://www.chinaids.org.cn/zhq/ShowContent.asp?lm=031&sn=73) [ Details... ]
  • The Global Working Group on HIV and Sex Work Policy, Draft Reworking of the UNAIDS Guidance Note on HIV and Sex Work April 2007 In Response to UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Recommendation June 2007, September 2007, 10 pp. (Also available at http://sexworkpolicy.files.wordpress.com/2007/09 /final-response-to-unfpa-safer.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • The Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Chuanranbing Fangzhifa (Law on Infectious Diseases Control of the People's Republic of China), The Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China, 2004. (Also available at http://www.chinaids.org.cn/zhq/ShowContent.asp?lm=031&sn=1947) [ Details... ]
  • The UN Theme Group on HIV in China, HIV/AIDS: China's Titanic Peril 2001: Update of the AIDS Situation and Needs Assessment Report, UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, June 2002, 91 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNAIDS, UNAIDS Policy Brief: HIV and Sex Between Men, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, August 2006, 4 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, HIV-related Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights Violations: Case Studies of Successful Programmes, UNAIDS Best Practice Collection, UNAIDS/05.05E, UNAIDS, Geneva, April 2005, 74 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: A UNAIDS 10th Anniversary Special Edition, UNAIDS, Geneva, 2006, 629 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, AIDS and Men who have Sex with Men, UNAIDS Best Practice Collection: Point of view, UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, July 1998, 8 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
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