AIDS on the Agenda

by Holden, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780855984694
• ISBN10: 0855984694
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Oxfam Pubns

Summary

AIDS on the Agenda is written for policymakers, managers, and program staff in development and humanitarian agencies, to promote debate about the challenges that confront them in a world which has been changed for ever by the pandemic of AIDS. The book considers three possible responses to the problem: * Do nothing. * Try to specialize in direct AIDS work. * Adapt core programs and internal systems to respond to the impact of AIDS. The author argues for the third approach as the essential initial response. She shows how mainstream work in a wide range of sectors - including food security, livelihoods support, education, health promotion, and emergency provision of water and sanitation - can be modified to reduce susceptibility to HIV infection and vulnerability to the impacts of AIDS. She also offers practical advice on modifying personnel and financial systems to protect the interests of staff and the viability of organizations when operating in AIDS-prone contexts. The text is based on case studies drawn from the experiences of three agencies (ActionAid, Oxfam International, and Save the Children UK) and their partners; and on insights contributed by a wide range of other organizations. The problems inherent in the 'mainstreaming' approach are dealt with frankly and constructively. The comprehensive Resources section offers user-friendly guidance on the following topics: * Researching and predicting the internal impacts of AIDS * Assessing the impacts of AIDS education and awareness-raising * Drafting a workplace policy * Monitoring the impact of AIDS and of internal mainstreaming * Training for mainstreaming AIDS in development and humanitarian work * Undertaking community research for mainstreaming AIDS in development and humanitarian work * Adapting organizational systems

Author Biography

Sue Holden is an Honorary Research Associate at Lancaster University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Acronyms and abbreviations	p. xiv
Glossary	p. xvi
Mainstreaming AIDS in development and humanitarian programmes: background and rationale	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
AIDS as a development issue	p. 9
Terms, meanings, and examples	p. 39
AIDS work: the direct response	p. 51
Why mainstream AIDS?	p. 78
Mainstreaming AIDS in an idealised world	p. 113
Experiences of mainstreaming AIDS	p. 125
Experiences of mainstreaming AIDS internally	p. 127
Experiences of mainstreaming AIDS externally in development work	p. 157
Experiences of mainstreaming AIDS externally in humanitarian work	p. 191
Learning from the mainstreaming of gender	p. 207
Ideas for mainstreaming AIDS	p. 215
Strategy and guiding principles	p. 217
Ideas for internal mainstreaming	p. 226
Ideas for external mainstreaming	p. 241
Issues and challenges	p. 269
Conclusion	p. 285
Resources	p. 293
Researching the current internal impacts of AIDS	p. 294
Predicting the internal impacts of AIDS	p. 300
Assessing the impacts of AIDS education	p. 303
Devising or adapting a workplace policy	p. 307
Monitoring the internal impacts of AIDS and the effects of internal mainstreaming	p. 311
Training for mainstreaming AIDS in development work	p. 316
Undertaking community research for mainstreaming AIDS in development work	p. 323
Adapting organisational systems	p. 329
Training for mainstreaming AIDS in humanitarian work	p. 332
Undertaking community research for mainstreaming AIDS in humanitarian work	p. 338
Notes	p. 342
Bibliography	p. 346
Index	p. 360
Readers' feedback	p. 378
List of figures
Causes and consequences of AIDS: social, economic, and political	p. 26
Synergies between development work and AIDS work	p. 36
HIV/AIDS: the web of causation	p. 66
Oxfam GB model for assessing the internal impact of AIDS	p. 150
Summary of key steps in the internal mainstreaming of AIDS	p. 238
Summary of key steps in the external mainstreaming of AIDS in development work	p. 257
Summary of key steps in the external mainstreaming of AIDS in humanitarian work	p. 268
List of tables
Stages of HIV infection: a summary	p. 6
HIV/AIDS statistics by region, for the end of 2002	p. 13
Household strategies in response to HIV/AIDS	p. 29
Summary of terms, meanings, and examples	p. 49
Impacts of AIDS on households in terms of increasing poverty and labour constraints	p. 84
Workplace impacts of HIV and AIDS	p. 97
Determinants of, and programme responses to, HIV infection	p. 107
Summary of implications for development and humanitarian agencies' response to HIV and AIDS	p. 112
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