HIV/Aids
HIV/AIDS and Disability: Final Report of the 4th International Policy Dialogue held in Ottawa, Canada March 11-13, 2009With the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), disability issues have received growing recognition in international policy debates. The field of HIV/AIDS is no exception. In collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Joint United...
VSO launches publications on networking and disability inclusive HIV programmingIn a two month period Voluntary Services Overseas published two books, one on networking and one on disability inclusive HIV responses. These highly useful manuals have been developed in cooperation with partners from Kenya and South Africa.
A HANDBOOK ON BEST PRACTICES REGARDING HIV AND AIDS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPeople with disabilities have an increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. There is need to approach the HIV/AIDS pandemic as a developmental challenge that demand multifaceted, concerted and strategically designed responses. The documentation of best practices demonstrates that with technical support,...
Intersectionality HIV and Disability. New questions raisedWith the increased international attention regarding HIV/AIDS and Disability new questions are being raised, such as 'Should HIV/AIDS be defined as a disability?' Can the CRPD be used to further the rights of people living with HIV? Are there strategic (dis)advantages to recognizing the intersection...
HIV & AIDS and youth with disabilities: A baseline study of youth with disabilities living in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu NatalThe aim of this baseline study was to establish what youth with disabilities living in the seven sub-districts of uMgungundlovu district currently know about HIV and AIDS. Furthermore, it aimed find out their experiences in relation to sex and relationships, and also their knowledge of sexual ...
HIV, AIDS AND DISABILITY IN SOUTH AFRICAThis report looks at the challenges of HIV among disabled people in South Africa. The documentation process is aimed at validating anecdotal evidence of the impact of AIDS on disabled people. It documents known but often unheard, unseen and unsaid real issues around HIV and disability. The report do...
SITUATION ANALYSIS ON HIV/AIDS AND DISABILITYDisabled persons experience a double burden in relation to HIV/AIDS, namely increased risk of infection and reduced access to prevention, treatment and care services. Undoubtedly HIV and AIDS have had a significant impact on population growth. A global mail survey on HIV/AIDS and disability, condu...
UNAIDS: New policy brief on disability and HIVAlthough people with disabilities are found within the populations at higher risk of exposure to HIV, not much attention has been paid to the relationship between HIV and disability. For this reason, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and t...
AIDS programming with disabled people in mindThe latest issue of Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender.
Het Liliane Fonds en de HIV/AIDS epidemieSpeciale interne uitgave van het Liliane Fonds m.n. gericht op preventie van hiv/aids bij jongeren en kinderen met een handicap.
HIV, AIDS and Disability in South AfricaIn 2007 the disability sector of the South African National AIDS Council initiated a project to document the experiences of disabled people in responding to HIV and AIDS. The project culminated in the production of a report titled 'HIV, AIDS and Disability in South Africa'.
Mensen met een handicap genoemd in nieuwe Beleidsnotitie over SRGR en HIVMinister Koenders heeft zijn nieuwe Beleidsnotitie over HIV/aids en seksuele en reproductieve gezondheid en rechten (srgr) in het buitenlands beleid, 'Keuzes en Kansen', eind november 2008 aangeboden aan de Tweede Kamer. DCDD is verheugd dat mensen met een handicap genoemd worden in zowel de aanbie...
Resource Manual for Disability andHIV & AIDS Training - Disabled People South AfricaThis manual is a guide for anybody who wants to provide education and information on HIV/AIDS and Disability. But it is not made just for people with disabilities, rather it is meant for anyone who wants to learn more about these issues and share their new awareness with others.
The Human Right to health within the context of HIV/AIDS and disability rights as embodied in various international instrumentsArticle about the human right to health within the context of HIV/AIDS and disability rights as embodied in various international instruments.
International Conference: "Nothing About Us Without Us - Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development" 2 and 3 December 2008 Berlin/GermanyOrganised by disability and development cooperation/Bezev. Speakers from all over the world will share their experiences, and the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities will be duscused
A update on the status of HIV and AIDS Programmes in South Africa Double Burden: A situational analysis of HIV/AIDS and young people with disabilities in Rwanda and UgandaThe research intended to explore the knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention by young people with disabilities in Uganda and Rwanda and to look at the factors that may increase their vulnerability to infection and/or inappropriate management of HIV/AIDS programmes in these countries.
Guidelines for Inclusion of Individuals with Disability in HIV/AIDS Outreach EffortsPublications and Reports from the Yale University on HIV/AIDS and Disability
HIV/AIDS and Individuals with DisabilityA hallmark of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been its impact on vulnerable populations. Surprisingly, one of the world's most vulnerable populations - individuals who live with a permanent physical, sensory (deafness, blindness), intellectual, or mental health disability - has been almost entirely overlo...
Mainstreaming disabilityBrochure describes how organizations can take disability and/or AIDS into account at different levels and aspects of their work. In this context, we speak about the mainstreaming of disability and/or HIV/AIDS.
Self-Assessment framework for Disability and HIV/AIDS competenceThis diagram can be used to follow up the mainstreaming process of disability and/or HIV/AIDS in one's own organization
Sexual and reproductive health and persons with disabilitiesAbout 10 per cent of the world's population, some 650 million people, live with a disability. About 80 per cent of persons with disabilities live in developing countries, most without social systems to support them, and their sexual and reproductive health needs and rights are often overlooked.
VSO and Disability. Position paper 2008 - 2013 3rd Meeting of the Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV&AIDSOn December 1-2 2008 the 3rd Meeting of the Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV&AIDS will take place in Dakar, Senegal. The purpose of this meeting is to coordinate our participation in the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), which will be held December 3-7 also in Da...
Strategic guidelines on HIV/AIDS 2008 - 2011In the developing world, persons with disabilities (PWD) comprise some 10% of the total population and are often subjected to extreme social, political, financial and cultural marginalisation. This places PWD at greater risk of contracting HIV. Despite this, PWD are generally not recognised as a ta...
Literature on HIV/AIDS and Disability in AfricaThe following resources have been collected during a systematic literature review on HIV/AIDS and disability in Africa. It represents a colletion of articles, surveys, documents and resource packs published up until 2008.
African Union of the Blind: HIV/AIDS "Train the Trainers" ManualA peer education training manual developed as part of the project aimed at promoting the total inclusion and participation of blind and partially sighted persons in HIV/AIDS education programmes in their communities.
Making HIV-AIDS Outreach efforts more effective: including people with a disabilityHigh level training workshop on HIV-AIDS and Disability 19th to 20th of November 2008 organized by Enablement in association with the Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development (DCDD).
Universal Access Now! Including people with disabilities in HIV&AIDS policies and prgrammesDCDD has launched a new brochure about including people with disabilities in HIV&AIDS policies and programmes. This brochure is an publication in the DCDD series 'Toward an inclusive policy' about integrating disability in policy and practice.
sessie HIV AIDS & Disability tijdens 17e Internationale AIDS conferentie in MexicoVan 3 tot 8 augustus zal de 17e internationale AIDS conferentie plaatsvinden, dit keer in Mexico City. Tijdens deze conferentie zal - op 7 augustus (tussen 12 en 13 uur) - een sessie gehouden worden over HIV&AIDS en mensen met een handicap. De sessie wordt georganiseerd door Cordaid (programma 7...
Universal Access Now! Including people with disabilities in HIV&AIDS policies and programmes Concept Note on advocating & Rehabilitation for inclusion of Persons with disabilities in, and access to, HIV programmes in Andhrapradesh, India.Despite an estimated number of 320,000 people with disabilities living with HIV in India, most programmes reach only a fraction of that figure, between 0-2%. With 6% of the population not included in HIV programmes, is this too large a section of society to ignored
DCDD Symposium 'Disability and HIV&AIDS; Two Separate Worlds'Last years symposium on Disability and HIV/AIDS brought the issue to the attention of both disability organisations and development organisations. About 85 people visited the symposium and resulted in an active DCDD working group that will take the issue forward.
Kampala declaration: Making access for all reality2nd General Meeting of the African Campaign on Disability & HIV and AIDS 'Making Access for All a Reality' From 11-13 of March the 2nd General Meeting of the African Campaign on Disability & HIV and AIDS took place in Kampala.The Africa Campaign is a unifying umbrella under which DPO's,...
Myth: disabled people cannot get HIV or AIDSAll over the world, six hundred million people are being excluded from the fight against HIV&AIDS simply because they have disabilities. The recently started DCDD working group HIV&AIDS wants to make a difference. The working group will focus on increased awareness about HIV&AIDS and dis...
Kampala Declaration on Disability and HIV & AIDSParticipants of the Second Meeting of the Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV&AIDS in Kampala, Uganda, March 11-13,2008 have drawn up a declaration on Disability and HIV & AIDS.
Are your rights respected?This comic strip is produced as part of the Deaf Oral History Project and Outreach Programme. It looks at issues of sexual violence, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), HIV and different sexualities in the Deaf community.
HIV besmetting is ook een handicapOp 13 november 2007 gaf Nina von der Assen een presentatie bij Wereldkinderen over de relatie handicap en AIDS.
Double Burden. A situation analysis of HIV/AIDS and young people Double Exposure: Disability and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan AfricaA thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of MA Poverty, Conflict and Reconstruction in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, 2004
Fostering disability-inclusive HIV/AIDS programs in northeastManipur and Nagaland in northeast India are among the Indian states with the highest prevalence of HIV. Most prevention and care programs focus on identified "high risk" groups, but recent data suggest the epidemic is increasing among the general population, primarily through heterosexual sex. Peo...
AWARENESS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HIV PREVENTION AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATIONCOMBRA carried out this research to identify issues of awareness of reproductive rights and HIV prevention among women with disabilities.
HIV/AIDS and disability: Differences in HIV/AIDS knowledgeRESEARCH PAPER
The Forgotten Tribe: Persons with Disabilities and HIV/AIDSThis article serves as a call for the inclusion of disabled persons in national HIV/AIDS processes at all levels, and to ensure that we they are included in the HIV/AIDS information age as equitable partners and in the overall crusade to improve health service delivery to the disabled.
Second General Meeting Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDSAfrica Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDS will be holding its Second General Meeting in Kampala, Uganda, March 11-13, 2008.
Small survey on disability-inclusive responses to HIV and AIDS in African countriesThe Africa Campaign is doing a small survey to measure progress toward achieving comprehensive disability-inclusive responses to HIV and AIDS in African countries. Please fill in this form (6 questions) and send it to the Campaign Management Team
Mainstraiming of Disability and HIV/AIDSThe brochure decribes how organisations can take disability and/or HIV/AIDS into account at different levels and aspects of their work. Their is also a self-assessment framework for disability and HIV/AIDS competence available, which can be used to follow up the mainstreaming process of disability ...
Fact Sheet World Bank: Disability HIV/AIDSFact sheet by the World Bank on the linkage between disability and HIV/AIDS, 2004.
Report Yale University and Worldbank: HIV/AIDS and Disability: capturing hidden voicesGlobal survey on HIV/AIDS and disability by the WorldBank and Yale University, 2004.
Report DFID: Too few to worry about, or too many to ignore? The exclusion of people with disabilities from HIV programmes in IndiaA report on why the HIV sector needs to make its programmes and services accessible to, and inclusive of, people with disabilities. It also aims to highlight the need for the disability sector to engage with HIV as an issue that can, does and will affect its constituent
Launch of the Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV&AIDS Beantwoording kamervragen over HIV/Aids en disabilityOp 24 december stelde PvdA kamerlid Tjon-a-Ten kamervragen over HIV/Aids en mensen met een handicap. De vragen zijn gesteld naar aanleiding van verschijning van een onderzoeksverslag van de Yale universiteit. Daaruit blijkt dat mensen met een handicap een verhoogd risico lopen op HIV besmetting. Aan...
1 dec 2004: DCDD workshop on disability and HIV/AidsAt the World Aids Day on 1 December at the eight national congress STD HIV/AIDS, DCDD organised a workshop on the relation between HIV/Aids and disability. Please find at this page the powerpoint presentations.
Article by Christina de Vries: Disabled persons are more vulnerable to HIVPeople coping with impairments or disabilities have enough to deal with already. Why bother them with HIV prevention measures? The answer is: because among disabled people, certain groups are more at risk of HIV infection than the average person in the street.
Report: rape of individuals with disability:Rape of individuals with disability: AIDS and the folk belief of virgin cleansingPlease download the report below.