A faith-based response to HIV in Southern Africa [[electronic resource] ] : the choose to care initiative / / UNAIDS

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : UNAIDS, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (79 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.547
• Soggetto topico: HIV infections - Africa, Southern - Prevention; AIDS (Disease) - Africa, Southern - Prevention
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Introduction; Overview of HIV in southern Africa; The two organizations of this study; Choose to Care; Values underlying the Choose to Care initiative andtheir expression in day-to-day action; Programmes developed as a result of the Choose to Care initiative; The Choose to Care Initiative in action: prevention, care, treatment and services for orphans and vulnerable children; Prevention; Care; Treatment; Services for orphans and vulnerable children; The Choose to Care initiative in action; advocacy, capacity building, theological reflection, and interfaith involvement; Advocacy ; Capacity buildingTheological reflection; Interfaith involvement; Evaluating the Choose to Care initiative; Faith-based organizations are true partners in the response to HIV; Choose to Care - strategic preparation for the Universal Access initiative; Conclusion: taking stock and looking to the future; Appendix A: profile of the area served; Appendix B: summary of projects developed during the five-year Choose to Care initiative; Appendix C: Catholic Medical Mission Board-Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference Choose to Care programme partners activities and statistics 2002-2004 ; Appendix D: application for Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference fundingAppendix E: admission criteria for Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference antiretroviral treatment programmes; Appendix F: list of projects supported by the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference AIDS Office
• Sommario/riassunto: This study describes the work of the Choose to Care initiative of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa. It shows that effective scaling up of programmes in the response to HIV, and work towards making universal access a reality, does not necessarily have to be the expansion of a single central service. Through the Choose to Care initiative the Church scaled up service provision by the replication of the smaller scale programmes rooted in and responsive to their immediate communities' needs. The study shows that such an approach is effective when undertaken within common guidelines and given
• Titolo autorizzato: A faith-based response to HIV in Southern Africa
• ISBN: 1-280-95332-2; 9786610953325; 92-9173-604-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454574203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: UNAIDS best practice collection.