Wednesday, March 11, 2009

SUPPORTING COMMUNITY BASED RESPONSES TO AIDS: A guidance tool for including Community Systems

Community-based organizations play a critical role in responding to HIV. Over
the last three decades, they have been key providers of prevention services, treatment, care, and support as well as addressing the social, political, legal and financial environment needed to support scaled up effective responses. In many countries and contexts, their impact and engagement are magnifi ed by the reliance on them by some of the most hard-to-reach individuals—including members of key affected populations such as injecting drug users (IDUs), men who have sex with men (MSM) and sex workers Fulltext.

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