Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls (2015)
The Population Council and partners developed this toolkit to help build relevant, tailored and positive programmes for adolescent girls through the asset-building approach helps. The Building Assets Toolkit introduces policymakers and programme planners to this approach, offers resources and provides examples. Find additional content including customisable asset cards and worksheet here.
When Women Lead, Change Happens: Women advancing the end of AIDS (2017)
More women are accessing antiretroviral therapy than men, transferring the benefits of their good health to their families and economies. When young women are empowered and have their rights fulfilled, HIV prevalence falls, there are fewer unintended pregnancies, fewer maternal deaths and fewer dropouts from school and more women join the workforce.
Building Evidence to Guide PrEP Introduction for Adolescent Girls and Young Women
This Population Council document primarily aims to provide DREAMS country teams with practical guidance on building evidence on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). It includes factors that influence informed choice, demand and use of PrEP by young women, key characteristics that affect client-provider interactions, and practical advice on gathering data on user, community, and provider perspectives.
Lessons from the PATA 2017 Continental Summit
In follow-up to the 2017 Continental Summit in October 2017, Pediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA) released a summary report with key highlights and recommendations from the meeting. Towards an AIDS Free Africa – Delivering on the frontline was the focus of the 2017 Summit, which brought together over 200 delegates across 15 sub-Saharan African countries along with programme implementers and policy-makers from across the globe. The recommendations provided are centred around three pillars – FIND, TREAT and CARE – that support the UNAIDS superfast-track framework. Attending health facility teams drafted new quality improvement plans and will be commencing 53 projects improving service delivery at the frontline in 2018.
The Latest Science on HIV/AIDS (Apr. 2018)
UNICEF Learning Collaborative,Summary of Selected Research Articles
January - March 2018
Consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV
The starting point for this guideline is the point at which a woman has learnt that she is living with HIV, and it therefore covers key issues for providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights-related services and support for women living with HIV. As women living with HIV face unique challenges and human rights violations related to their sexuality and reproduction within their families and communities, as well as from the health-care institutions where they seek care, particular emphasis is placed on the creation of an enabling environment to support more effective health interventions and better health outcomes.
This guideline is meant to help countries to more effectively and efficiently plan, develop and monitor programmes and services that promote gender equality and human rights and hence are more acceptable and appropriate for women living with HIV, taking into account the national and local epidemiological context. It discusses implementation issues that health interventions and service delivery must address to achieve gender equality and support human rights.
On 28th November 2017, Dr Chewe Luo, Chief of the HIV/AIDS Section at UNICEF, gave her keynote address at the Irish Aid Professor Father Michael Kelly Lecture on HIV and AIDS at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, Ireland.
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Keynote Address by Dr Chewe Luo at the 2017 Irish Aid Lecture
On 28th November 2017, Dr Chewe Luo, Chief of the HIV/AIDS Section at UNICEF, gave her keynote address at the Irish Aid Professor Father Michael Kelly Lecture on HIV and AIDS at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, Ireland.
The Latest Science on HIV/AIDS - 2018
Adolescents living with HIV have unique needs, and retention in care can be especially challenging for this population. Adolescent “teen clubs” can provide a source of social support that helps improve retention and adherence. HIV prevention among adolescents also remains challenging because there are multiple factors that can place adolescents at risk. Risk perception, especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW),remains low despite high levels of general knowledge about HIV. Further efforts are needed to support adolescents, especially AGYW, to understand and appreciate their own risk and to identify the most appropriate prevention strategies to protect themselves from acquiring HIV.