Reports & Resource Materials
 

Materials from the Programme

Programme Summary:
The overall aim of the project is to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Balkans, and to create conditions allowing the countries, individually or collectively, to seize the short window of opportunity to prevent the current situation from causing a major AIDS epidemic.


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Geneva Forum " Towards Global Access to Health "

GHF 2010:
HIV and AIDS Capacity Building for Dental Professionals in the Western Balkans Region - Poster
Child and Family-Centered Care Initiative in the Western Balkans Region - Poster

GHF 2008:
Mental Health & Social Worker HIV Training Needs Assessment - Poster


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A special chronicle on the 4th HIV Conference, aired on 29th March 2009 - A special Thank-You to Top News Channel Television Station of Albania
for having made this broadcast available.


 

Brochure for Health and Social Workers working with PLHIV
Produced by CAZAS 2009


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Guide for PLHIV -  How to live with HIV
Produced by CAZAS 2009


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Midterm Evaluation (30 June 2005)
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This evaluation report includes findings on the costs vs. results of Programme activities; deviation of objectives, activities and outputs from original Programme Document; as well as recommendations for the results-oriented future direction of the Programme.
 


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Technical reports

AIDS Epidemic Update 2009. In a joint publication, UNAIDS and WHO show epidemiological trends by regions worldwide.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_2009_en.pdf


 

The Face of Global Sex 2009. Sex and relationships education: assessing the gaps for Eastern European youth.
http://www.durexnetwork.org/en-GB/research/faceofglobalsex/Pages/Home.aspx


 

Integrating Gender into HIV and AIDS Programmes in the Health Sector. A WHO publication, which serves as a tool to improve responsiveness to women’s needs. It specifically aims at raising awareness of gender inequalities in accessing health services related to HIV and AIDS, and it provides practical applications of how best to address these injustices.
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/gender_hiv/en/index.html


 

Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. This 2009 report, published by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF, provides a detailed picture of the efforts made in testing of and counseling on HIV and antiretroviral therapy among mostly vulnerable groups over the last few years.
http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/2009progressreport/en/index.html


 

A manual for integrating gender into reproductive health and HIV programs. This manual will help organizations to integrate gender equity into their programs, to improve reproductive health services and to offer individuals with better access to information so to increase their decision-making ability.
http://www.prb.org/pdf/ManualntegrGendr_Eng.pdf


 

UNAIDS guidance note on HIV and sex work. The guidance emphasizes the human right of sex workers while, at the same time, calling upon governments to create education and job opportunities for sex workers in order to enhance their choices for another remunerated activity.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/BaseDocument/2009/jc1696_guidance_note_hiv_and_sexwork_en.pdf


 

More positive living. A joint publication of WHO and Unicef that underlines the need to remove obstacles and improve prevention, support, treatment and care for the over 5 million adolescents affected by HIV in this world. The report includes several moving drawings that vividly portray the emotions of young women.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9789241597098/en/index.html


 

There Can Be a New Life - Prison Brochure for Bosnia & Herzegovina


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HIV and STI Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Report for
Kosova – 2006.
This study, the first of its kind ever conducted in Kosova, supports the objectives of the HIV / AIDS Prevention Strategy; it creates a solid foundation and a new perspective for future studies


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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Behavior Study on HIV and AIDS with Young People in Kosova – 2008. The United Nations Kosovo Team developed this study to support the HIV response interventions in Kosova, putting a particular emphasis on HIV prevention for young people
http://www.unicef.org/kosovo/UNKT_Eng_Final.pdf


 

Istazivanja. Research results among vulnerable populations in Serbia.


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National Youth Strategy of Albania for 2007 to 2013. With this document, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports aims at the creation of effective channels for youngsters in Albania to contribute to the strengthening of the economy, governance and their own quality of life by encouraging them to participate in decision-making processes.
http://www.unicef.org/albania/protection_699.html


 

National HIV and AIDS Strategy of Serbia for 2005 to 2010. A national strategy to fight against HIV / AIDS developed by the Ministry of Health in Serbia.
 


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HIV and AIDS Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support in Prison
Settings

http://www.unodc.org/documents/hiv-aids/V0855768.pdf
http://www.unodc.org/documents/hiv-aids/HIV-AIDS_prisons_Oct06.pdf

 


 

Status Paper on Prisons, Drugs and Harm Reduction - May 2005


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AIDS and gender relations – Men matter! AIDS, gender and masculinities Does the AIDS epidemic, in all its destructive power, also hold the potential to transform gender relations and open up new ideas of masculinity?
This issue was addressed in May 2007 report commissioned by Sida HIV/ AIDS Secretariat. If you are interested to learn more on this please follow the PDF link


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HIV / AIDS treatment and care. Clinical protocols for the WHO European Region - 2007


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Plan to Stop TB in 18 High-priority Countries in the WHO European Region, 2007–2015


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Being positive: experiences from Serbia and Montenegro

Documenting the daily experiences of people living with HIV in both Serbia and Montenegro the booklet aims to improve the understanding of the reality of being HIV positive within the region. The information comes from a prospective qualitative study that the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in collaboration with Serbian researchers conducted amongst people living with HIV from 2006-2007. The booklet is available in both English and Serbian language.

 


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HIV treatment access, delivery and uncertainty: a qualitative study in Serbia and in Montenegro

The findings of a qualitative study done in Serbia and Montenegro in 2005-2006 by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The study found that fragile delivery of treatment undermined the capacity people living with HIV to manage their illness, limited their quality of life and reduced their involvement in HIV community action. The study is available in both English and Serbian language.

 

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AIDS epidemic update - December 2009
The AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and human toll and explores new trends in the epidemic’s evolution.
http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArchive/2009/default.asp


 


The Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Europe and Central Asia
The Dublin Declaration provides a framework for mounting an effective response to HIV and AIDS in the prisons of Europe and Central Asia.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/dublin_declaration_2004.pdf
 


 


Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS           
Guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings.
 


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UNAIDS Policy Position Paper: Intensifying HIV Prevention

The primary goal of this paper is to energize and mobilize an intensification of HIV prevention with an ultimate aim of universal access to HIV prevention and treatment. The paper defines the central actions that must be taken to arrest the spread of new HIV infections and to turn the tide against AIDS.
http://www.unfpa.org/public/pid/1326


 

STRATEGIC BEHAVIORAL COMMUNICATION (SBC) for HIV and AIDS (A Framework)
The purpose of this paper is to introduce strategic behavioral communication (SBC), a term that will replace behavior change communication (BCC), which previously described all communicationrelated components of FHI’s HIV/AIDS interventions. This paper also provides an in-depth description of the functions of SBC in the context of HIV/AIDS programming, SBC’s guiding principles and process, and the benefits it can offer across different programmatic areas.


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National AIDS Strategies
The National AIDS Strategy for each of the participating countries of the Programme can be found by clicking on the AIDS ribbon.

Monitoring and evaluation tools

Monitoring and Evaluating Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services
This Monitoring and Evaluation series is based on the assumption that Core Module 1 (Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation) is always the first module, that it is followed directly by Core Module 2 (Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Monitoring Data), which is followed by one or more of the optional technical area modules (Modules 4 through 10), and that in all cases the final module is Core Module 3 (Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan).


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WHO M&E tools

The rapid scale up of the response has been accompanied by an increasing emphasis on measurable indicators and results. These include programme monitoring data, behavioural and biological trends data and evaluation of programmes. The increasing demands on country monitoring and evaluation systems can only be met if better systems are built and supported.

WHO’s work is strengthening of M&E systems in countries is conducted in a close collaboration with UNAIDS, World Bank, UNICEF; CDC, USAID and many other partners. This partnership aims to support countries in the development of better M&E systems. This includes the development of a national M&E plan based upon a simple framework, selected indicators and a plan for data collection, reporting, analysis and dissemination strategy for the next three to five years; training and capacity building of M&E staff; development of regional networks of consultants and institutions for technical assistance; development of locally appropriate tools and methods for M&E; development of a data management system (CRIS). It is also important to link the national M&E plans to international goals such as the goals set at the UNGASS Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Millenium Development Goals.