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050 _aART WC 503 .I83 2010
110 _aInter-Agency Standing Committee
245 0 _aGuidelines for addressing HIV in humanitarian settings
260 _aGeneva
_bUNAIDS
_c2010
300 _a62p.
500 _aProvides strategies that can be put in place to coordinate the response to HIV in humanitarian settings. Reports that every year millions of people around the world are affected by humanitarian crisis both natural and human-made. Subsequently, the rising number of humanitarian crises increases vulnerability to HIV and affects people living with HIV negatively. Provides several action sheets on managing HIV in health settings such as provision of access to good quality condoms, management of sexually transmitted infections, strategies on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and provision of antiretroviral medication to those in need among other interventions. Provides guidance on how to ensure food security, nutrition and livelihood support in such settings, protection of orphans and other vulnerable children and youth, and promoting access to relevant and protective education for all vulnerable persons in humanitarian settings.
650 _aHIV|Standards|Sanitation|Anti-Retroviral Agents|Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome|Prevention and Control
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