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Journal article

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

01/09/2011

1 pages long

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This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

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Journal article

Churches, mosques, and condoms: understanding successful HIV and AIDS interventions by faith-based organisations

01/02/2011

14 pages long

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There are an estimated 33 million people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) worldwide. While national education campaigns have been successful in providing a broad platform of awareness of HIV and AIDS, within some countries faith-based organisations (FBOs) have assumed an important role in educating and supporting local communities to reduce HIV transmission. This […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Ideas That Work: A gender, WASH and emergencies toolkit

22/12/2010

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

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Ideas That Work demonstrates how water, sanitation and personal hygiene (WASH) needs of women survivors of disaster can be addressed to minimise risk to violence that they may otherwise face. It provides a compilation of practical experiences that have attempted to reduce risk to violence against women (VAW) in the provision of WASH facilities in the early […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Community-Based Primary Health Care Project in Hadhramout, Yemen

01/12/2008

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s four-year Community-Based Primary Health Care Project in Hadhramout, Yemen (funded by the EC) aimed to improve the health status of poor women, men and children in 24 remote villages in Sah and Sayoun districts. It aimed to achieve this through a variety of approaches including: promoting health awareness, improving the quality of promotion, and […]

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Book

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the Education Sector

01/12/2008

1 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English

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The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change. It examines different expectations of what HIV education programmes and education settings can do to transform unequal gender relations and protect young people […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Community Based Primary Health Care Programme in Azerbaijan

01/08/2008

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB has been implementing the ‘Community based primary health care’ programme in central Azerbaijan since 2001, covering 43 villages in Barda, Ter ter, Goranboy and Yevlakh districts. The programme seeks to improve health in rural communities by making first-line primary health care available at village level. Participatory approaches are used (management by Community Health […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth in Orissa and Rajasthan, India

01/05/2008

2 documents

153 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB, with support from the European Commission, implemented the ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth’ in four districts of Orissa and two districts of Rajasthan, India. The programme aimed to help out-of-school rural and tribal youth, aged 13-25, access information and services regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), HIV and […]

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Case study

Youth Involvement in JOHAP Partner Responses to HIV and AIDS

16/10/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Organisations working with HIV and AIDS are showing a growing understanding of the importance of involving young people in projects. Their participation as full, active and competent partners in program design, decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation is valued and sought. JOHAP undertook a case study project in order to understand better and to share successes and challenges […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Health, Empowerment, Livelihoods and Protection (HELP) Kailahun Programme in Sierra Leone

01/07/2007

2 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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The health, empowerment and livelihoods programme [HELP], Kailahun, ran from 2004 to 2007. Its overall objectives were: consolidation of peace and stability; establishment of efficient links between relief, rehabilitation and long term development interventions; economic recovery; and sustainable economic and social development. This final evaluation aims to answer four key questions: To what extent have […]

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