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The SAfAIDS Policy Desk

Policy Desk

SAfAIDS has established a Policy Desk whose main purpose is to produce and disseminate appropriate HIV and AIDS information to both political and civil society leadership so that they can contribute towards creation of a conducive HIV and AIDS policy environment. Parliamentarians make and review laws and policies to address the problem of HIV and AIDS and require adequate and accurate information in order to fulfill this role. In addition, parliamentarians are often requested to provide leadership in their constituencies and at national level and yet the support mechanisms for them to effectively play this role are often not in place. There has been a realization that HIV and AIDS information has targeted the general public over the years whilst political leadership has largely been left out. This has created a gap in information levels between the two sections of the population resulting in limited opportunities of engagement to support the development of a comprehensive HIV and AIDS policy and legislative environment. Given this, SAfAIDS decided to introduce a policy desk to address a number of challenges identified over the years of work in southern Africa. . Some of the challenges include:

Limited HIV and AIDS related debates in parliaments,
Some Parliamentarians still have myths and misconceptions about HIV and AIDS, and
Limited access to current and pertinent HIV and AIDS issues among parliamentarians

Translating Rhetoric into Reality: Implementing HIV policies in Swaziland and Zambia: A synopsis of key findings

Translating Rhetoric into Reality: Implementing HIV policies in Swaziland and Zambia: A synopsis of key findings prepared by SAfAIDS and OSISA

This document summarises the fi ndings of research by SAfAIDS on implementation of regional and international HIV prevention, treatment, care and support conventions and declarations in Swaziland and Zambia. The goal of the assessment was “to assess the extent to which the Governments of Swaziland and Zambia have eff ectively implemented HIV and AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support strategies in line with the major international commitments and declarations to which they are signatories”.

Implementation of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support Conventions and Declarations in Swaziland and Zambia

Implementation of regional and international HIV prevention, treatment, care and support Conventions and Declarations in Swaziland and Zambia, SAfAIDS and OSISA

This report highlights SAfAIDS’ findings on the implementation of regional and international HIV prevention, treatment, care and support conventions and declarations in Swaziland and Zambia. The assessment, which used qualitative methods to collect data on various HIV and AIDS services, used literature review and consultative meetings and key informant interviews with key stakeholders and focus group discussions with users of services and their representative organisations. SAfAIDS put together technical teams in the two countries
comprised of an independent researcher, SAfAIDS staff and an in-country partner organisation identified to conduct the assessment.

Making HIV Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support a Constitutional Issue in Zimbabwe: Amplifying voices of PLHIV

The Zimbabwe National Network of People living with HIV (ZNNP+) with technical support from SAfAIDS is implementing a project titled ‘Making HIV Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support a Constitutional Issue in Zimbabwe: Amplifying the voices of People living with HIV’. The goal of the project is to ensure that the voices and priorities of people living with HIV, especially women and young people, are reflected in Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Reform Process.

Putting LGBTI on the Agenda of HIV and AIDS Programming in Africa: Policy Brief, SAfAIDS

Although the impact of HIV and AIDS on the general population in Africa is well-documented, little research has been conducted to establish the role of same-sex HIV transmission in Africa. Studies conducted in Senegal, Ghana and Kenya indicate significantly higher HIV seroprevalence rates amongst men who have sex with men than in the general population (Cary Johnson, 2007). Far less research has been done to establish the impact of HIV and AIDS on lesbians. Recent studies are indicating that the majority of African men who have sex with men also have sex with women - two thirds or higher, according to some studies (Onyango-Ouma, Biringi & Geibel, 2005; Wade et al., 2005; Angala et al.,

Addressing TB and HIV more effectively in southern Africa: Policy Brief, SAfAIDS

TB, once thought to be a disease of the past or at the very least a disease restricted to poor countries, has re-emerged as the greatest threat to people living with HIV (PLHIV). It now threatens to reverse the huge gains made in the HIV and AIDS arena over the past 25 years. The HIV epidemic is reviving an old problem in well-resourced countries and greatly worsening an existing problem in resource-poor countries. One of the greatest challenges confronting service providers is that the best available treatments are of limited efficacy and are reaching only a small fraction of people who need them. Universal access to effective TB treatment is unachievable with current tools.

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