[afro-nets] UNFPA/IPPF Release Guidelines on HIV Testing and Counselling

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

UNFPA/IPPF Release Guidelines on HIV Testing and Counselling
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Integrating HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services into 
Reproductive Health Settings
 
Stepwise Guidelines for Programme Planners, Managers and Service 
Providers
 
Joint publication of IPPF South Asia Regional Office and UNFPA - 
2004, ISBN: 0-89714-690-5
 
Download the Guidelines as Adobe PDF file (87 pp. 541 kB) at: 
http://www.ippf.org/resource/IPPF_UNFPA_HIV/IPPF_UNFPA_HIV.pdf
 
This guide aims to provide sexual and reproductive health 
(SRH) programme planners, managers, and providers with the in-
formation necessary to integrate voluntary counselling and test-
ing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS within their services. VCT has been shown 
to be an effective strategy to facilitate behaviour change for 
HIV prevention. It offers an entry point for early care and sup-
port for those infected with HIV and prevention of mother to 
child transmission. In particular, the guide considers integra-
tion within the context of family planning (FP) service provi-
sion. FP and VCT service provision have similar aims of reaching 
sexually active people and promoting safe and healthy sexuality, 
including the prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections 
(STIs), and unwanted pregnancy. FP settings offer specific op-
portunities for reaching women with VCT.

The guidelines are offered in English, French and Spanish through 
the two organizations' Web sites.