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Task Sharing, Not Task Shifting: Team Approach Is Best Bet for HIV Care

... By developing a more rational division of labor among HIV/AIDS health workers in developing countries, we can go a long way in ... DC. “There is a complete mismatch between where HIV exists and where health workers are,” said Dr. Tulenko. “If HIV/AIDS ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - June 2013 - 0 comments

Promising Practices to Build HR Capacity in HIV Strategic Information

... Promising Practices to Build Human Resources Capacity in HIV Strategic Information ,” developed by the Capacity Project with ... Promising Practices to Build Human Resources Capacity in HIV Strategic Information Countries addressing HIV epidemics must first lay ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - September 2013 - 0 comments

The Composition of the Social Service Workforce in HIV/AIDS-Affected Contexts

... The Composition of the Social Service Workforce in HIV/AIDS-Affected Contexts The social service ... literature review primarily focused on workforce issues in HIV/AIDS-impacted countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It is intended to help the ...

Resource - Sarah Dwyer - March 2015 - 0 comments

“I’m a Health Worker”: Dr. Arturo Carrillo

... discrimination and stigmatization of people living with HIV in his home country of El Salvador. “Very often people disrespect the ... human rights of this population,” he says. He’s an HIV expert for the National STI/HIV/AIDS Program for the Ministry of Health. As ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - November 2014 - 0 comments

New Article Presents Findings from Study on Barriers to Equity in HIV Caregiving

... and male primacy as major barriers to equity in HIV care giving: Findings from Lesotho ,” by Constance J. Newman, Linda ... Plus . The study explored the gender dynamics of HIV/AIDS caregiving and looked at ways in which men might be recruited into the ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - June 2011 - 0 comments

The Human Side of HIV/AIDS

... and civil society members, creating a holistic view of HIV/AIDS and the challenges we must overcome if we are going to turn the tide. ... the needs of many of the people infected and affected by HIV, especially women. From workshops to abstract sessions to the closing ...

Blog - Carol Bales - August 2012 - 0 comments

Frontline Health Workers Are the Key Link to Turning the Tide on HIV

... people who provide the critical connection between HIV-affected individuals and life-saving health and social services. As a ... know a timid collection of youth who believed that their HIV diagnosis was a death sentence. In addition to facing the stigma surrounding HIV, they must overcome the burdens of poverty, limited literacy, and in most ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - August 2012 - 0 comments

CapacityPlus Presents Top Innovation at HIV/AIDS Meeting

... Capacity Plus Presents Top Innovation at HIV/AIDS Meeting The USAID Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) Partners Planning Committee selected Capacity Plus ’s ...

News - jennifer - November 2010 - 0 comments

“I Can Improve Things”: An HIV Peer Counselor in the Dominican Republic

... Mercedes (not her real name), a young mother living with HIV. Five years ago—at one of the largest maternity hospitals in the Dominican Republic —she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Although she enrolled in the hospital’s program to prevent ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2014 - 0 comments

Assessing the Relevance, Efficiency, and Sustainability of HIV/AIDS In-Service Training in Nigeria

... This article presents the results of an assessment of HIV/AIDS in-service training provided to Nigerian health workers through ... of recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS in-service training in Nigeria. (HIV/AIDS, In-Service Training, ...

Resource - david - November 2014 - 0 comments