Handbook on Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Treatment : a Collection of Information, Tools and Resources for NGOs, CBOs and PLWHA Groups: Chapter 1: First questions to ask: 1.4 Further sources of information

Handbook on Access to HIV/AIDS-Related Treatment : a Collection of Information, Tools and Resources for NGOs, CBOs and PLWHA Groups
(2003; 130 pages) [French]

Índice de contenido

Preface
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Introduction: Read this first!
	1. What is this handbook?
	2. Why was this handbook developed?
	3. How was this handbook developed?
	4. Who is this handbook for?
	5. How can this handbook be used?
	6. What is in the chapters of this handbook?
	7. What materials are needed to use this handbook?
	8. Who developed this handbook?
	9. Further sources of information
	Example of workshop schedule
Chapter 1: First questions to ask
	1.1 Care, support and treatment
		1.1.A Care and support
		1.1.B Treatment
	1.2 Linking treatment and prevention
	1.3 Access to treatment
		1.3.A Availability of treatment
		1.3.B Accessibility of treatment
	Information Sheet 1: Barriers to access to treatment
	Information Sheet 2: Factors affecting access to treatment
	1.4 Further sources of information
Chapter 2: Foundations of treatment
	2.1 The basic elements of treatment work
		2.1.A Supportive relationships for treatment work
		2.1.B Knowledge, skills and attitudes for treatment work
		2.1.C An ethical approach to treatment work
		2.1.D Information for treatment work
	2.2 How different treatments vary
	2.3 Working with others to improve access to treatment
		2.3.A Partnerships to improve access to treatment
		2.3.B Advocacy to improve access to treatment
	Treatment Information Sheet
	Treatment Assessment Sheet
	2.4 Further sources of information
Chapter 3: Putting treatment into practice
	3.1 Resources for HIV/AIDS-related treatment work
	3.2 Drugs for HIV/AIDS-related treatment
		3.2.A Managing HIV/AIDS-related drugs
		3.2.B The essential medicines concept
		3.2.C Guidelines for treatment
		3.2.D Choosing the right drugs
		3.2.E Drug names
		3.2.F Using drugs effectively
		3.2.G Fact sheet - antiretrovirals
	3.3 Sourcing and looking after good-quality drugs
		3.3.A Drug quality
		3.3.B Sources of drugs
		3.3.C Storing drugs
		3.3.D Keeping records and ordering drugs
	3.4 Providing drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS
		3.4.A Paying for HIV/AIDS-related treatment
		3.4.B Drug information
		3.4.C Dispensing drugs
		3.4.D Managing transport for HIV/AIDS-related treatment
	3.5 Training and management for treatment work
	3.6 Further sources of information
Chapter 4: Assessing needs and resources, and deciding what to do
	4.1 The assessment process
	4.2 Assessment frameworks
		4.2.A Assessing needs and resources - people living with HIV/AIDS and the community
		4.2.B Assessing needs and resources - the local environment
		4.2.C Assessing needs and resources - your NGO/CBO/PLWHA group
	4.3 Deciding what to do
		4.3.A Analysing your findings
		4.3.B Reaching a decision
		4.3.C Communicating your decision
	Information Sheet 3: Thinking creatively about what your group can do - treatment in context
	4.4 Further sources of information
Chapter 5: Learning from and improving HIV/AIDS-related treatment work
	5.1 Monitoring and evaluating HIV/AIDS-related treatment work
		5.1.A Keeping records of your work
		5.1.B Monitoring your work
		5.1.C Evaluating your work
	5.2 Changing and improving HIV/AIDS-related treatment work
		5.2.A Making the most of new resources and linkages
		5.2.B Coping with changes
		5.2.C Sharing your experiences with others
		5.2.D Scaling up, scaling down or staying the same
	5.3 Further sources of information
	Organizations that contributed to the development of this handbook
Back cover

1.4 Further sources of information

Care, involvement and action: mobilising and supporting community responses to HIV/AIDS care and support in developing countries. International HIV/AIDS Alliance, June 2000. A report sharing the lessons learned in community-based care and support in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Care and support for people with HIV/AIDS in resource-poor settings. C Gilks et al., Department for International Development (DFID), 1998. A review of care needs for people living with HIV/AIDS, discussion of strategies, costs and impact of ways to improve quality of life.

HIV/AIDS prevention in the context of new therapies. Report of a meeting organized by UNAIDS and AIDS Research Institute of the University of California, San Francisco. A Laporte, P Aggleton. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1999 (UNAIDS/99.11E). A discussion of changing contexts of HIV prevention and care and the relevance of antiretroviral drugs to prevention and care programmes.

Models of care for patients with HIV/AIDS. Connie Osborne, Eric van Praag, Helen Jackson. AIDS, 1997, Vol 11 (suppl. B). An article discussing models of care, contexts of HIV/AIDS epidemic, health service delivery, continuum of care.

Patent situation of HIV/AIDS-related drugs in 80 countries. UNAIDS/WHO, 2000. An overview of the patents on HIV/AIDS-related drugs in 80 countries.

Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals - WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines No. 3, March 2001. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 (WHO/EDM/2001.2). A briefing on key issues about drug access, patents and the effects of global trade regulations on health policies.

Access to drugs. Best Practice Technical Update. Geneva, UNAIDS, 1998. A report discussing issues related to access to HIV/AIDS-related drugs.

Opening up the HIV/AIDS epidemic: guidance on encouraging beneficial disclosure, ethical partner counselling, and appropriate use of case reporting. Geneva, WHO/UNAIDS, February 2001 (UNAIDS/00.46E). A guidance document on encouraging beneficial disclosure, ethical partner counselling, appropriate use of HIV/AIDS case-reporting and confidentiality.

Clinical care guidelines for resource-poor settings. Médecins Sans Frontières, March 2001. A guidance document on clinical care for HIV/AIDS-related illnesses in resource-poor settings.