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The Loop News from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance: August 2006

Scaling up in Uganda

Alliance awarded significant funding to expand the role of networks of people living with HIV in Uganda

USAID PEPFAR has awarded the Alliance $2.9 million over three years to increase the access of people living with HIV to services, to build the organisational capacity of networks, and to support innovative approaches by groups of people living with HIV through a small grants programme.

Around the world

Rapid scale-up of focused prevention needed in Ukraine

According to a new study from the World Bank and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine, if Ukraine’s AIDS epidemic is not curtailed quickly, the country’s economic growth could be affected.

Bringing HIV and sexual and reproductive health interventions together

The Alliance’s Regional Youth Programme has a new partner in the Family Planning Association of Malawi and activities to address HIV and sexual and reproductive health issues, gender, and life skills, are already being planned with communities.

Celebrating new partnerships to promote the sexual and reproductive health of young people in Madagascar

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Madagascar has signed contracts with 44 local associations and NGOs, who aim to reach approximately 25,000 young people in six months.

Capitalising on community expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Alliance and regional community networks in Latin America and the Caribbean have been training community activists to work as international consultants to groups who work directly with vulnerable communities.

Policy and advocacy

Alliance calls for new UK Department for International Development healthcare strategy to adopt an integrated approach

The Alliance’s submission to the UK’s Department for International Development calls for households and communities to be supported alongside clinics and hospitals.


And finally...

The Alliance at the International AIDS conference in Toronto

Keep an eye out for a special edition of The Loop over the next few days, which will tell you all about what the Alliance is doing in Toronto. We hope to see some of you there!

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