Summary Booklet of Best Practices

From the introduction..."AIDS is now the leading killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Whereas 200,000 people died as a result of conflict or war in Africa in 1998, AIDS killed 2.2 million. The progression of the disease has outpaced all projections. In 1991, WHO projected that in 1999 there would be 9 million infected individuals and nearly 5 million cumulative deaths in Africa. The reality in 2000 is two to three times higher, with 34.3 million infected individuals and 18.8 cumulative deaths."

Sections on:

• Introduction: Best Practices in Africa
• Children and young people
• Community mobilisation
• Health system personnel and training
• Local responses in HIV/AIDS
• Mother-to-child transmission
• Palliative care
• Religion
• School-based interventions and services
• Sex workers and clients
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• United Nations Theme Groups on HIV/AIDS
• World of work: employers and workers
• Annex 1: Making a Proposal for the Summary Booklet
  Annex 2: Theme Groups and Country Programme Advisers in sub-Saharan Africa