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Briefing paper

Health Insurance in Low Income Countries: Where is the evidence that it works?

07/05/2008

4 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

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Overview

Some donors and governments propose that health insurance mechanisms can close health financing gaps and benefit poor people. Although beneficial for the people able to join, this method of financing health care has so far been unable to sufficiently fill financing gaps in health systems and improve access to quality health care for the poor. […]

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Evaluation report

Final Evaluation of Food Security and Livelihoods Programme in Kitgum district, Uganda

01/05/2008

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam GB’s Food Security and Livelihoods programme in Kitgum, northern Uganda, was implemented from May 2005 to July 2007. Northern Uganda has many people affected by conflict, floods, droughts, displacement and HIV and AIDS. Vulnerable communities were helped to meet their essential and livelihood needs through community managed projects, livestock restocking, animal health, cash for […]

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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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Overview

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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Book

HIV and AIDS

31/03/2008

1 documents

160 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This book takes a look at the key challenges of HIV and AIDS from a gender perspective, and describes positive responses in areas of the world as diverse as Cambodia, South Africa, the UK, and Papua New Guinea. The impacts of HIV on women and men across the world are devastating and wide-ranging. Girls may […]

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Journal article

Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

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HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

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Journal article

AIDS, women, land, and natural resources in Africa: current challenges

01/03/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

AIDS, women, land, and natural resources in Africa: current challenges

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AIDS-affected households in rural Africa often turn to natural resources as a livelihood safety net. Yet women affected by AIDS have less time for sound resource management, and indigenous knowledge is lost when parents die before educating their children. As demand and inappropriate use grow, resource depletion and land degradation increase. In many countries, widows […]

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Technical briefing

Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in Humanitarian programmes

01/01/2008

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Mainstreaming is thinking and acting about HIV and AIDS in all programmes (and considering both staff and beneficiaries). The term refers to adjusting humanitarian programmes to ensure they take into consideration causes of vulnerability that are or may be related to HIV infection and the consequences of AIDS during such responses. This paper explains why, […]

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Research report

Behaviour Change Theory in Practice: A review of four HIV organisations

01/11/2007

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

The brief for this report was to produce case studies of behaviour change for HIV risk from Oxfam-partnered non-governmental organisations from the Limpopo province, in the ‘far north’ of South Africa. The research process aimed at locating behaviour change in social science theory and developing case studies of four organisations with a focus on the […]

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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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Overview

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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Case study

Case Study on the Phelang Community Centre: Facilitating multi-sectoral collaboration in Limpopo, South Africa

11/10/2007

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Multi-sectoral collaboration is an effective strategy to achieve societal learning and change, through addressing large development issues including economic, social or infrastructure development. The strategy requires collaboration between government (the public sector or the state), businesses (the private sector) and civil society organisations. This case study aims to explore and understand multi-sectoral collaboration in the […]

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