Supporting community action on AIDS in developing countries
Publications update Issue 1, August 2007

Helping you make the most of our resources

New Alliance website developments provide better access to community HIV resources

Welcome to the first issue of the Alliance's Publications Update. We have launched this new quarterly newsletter to bring you regular information about new Alliance resources that are available. If you think it would be of use to a friend or colleague, please forward it to them. They can sign up to receive it by clicking on the subscribe link at the top of this page.

In May this year the Alliance also launched a new and improved publications and resources area on its website. The improvements include a more flexible search function, easier access to PDFs and a faster system for placing orders for printed copies.

However the most significant development has been the adaptation of the publications and resources area into French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. Visitors are now able to search for, download, and order Alliance publications in these languages as well as English.

Visitors can now also review and rate Alliance publications and resources by adding their own comments to web pages – an addition that will enable future visitors to see how the resources are being used and what people think of them.

Organisational

In from the margins: Alliance annual review, 2006
The annual review looks at achievements in 2006, focusing on the Alliance's four core goals: increasing coverage, strengthening national responses, informing policies and building an effective alliance.
Download PDF (1.7mb, English)

HIV prevention

Understanding and challenging HIV stigma: Toolkit for action (revised edition)
The toolkit is made up of nine booklets and contains over 100 participatory exercises which can be adapted to fit different target groups and contexts. These are intended to help stimulate discussions around gender and sexuality and morality issues linked to stigma.

Download the introduction and first module of the toolkit (1.63 mb, English)

The other sections of this toolkit can be downloaded from the Alliance website.

Keep the best, change the rest
The toolkit contains participatory activities which enable groups of men and women of different ages to explore how gender and sexuality affect their lives. It aims to establish the ongoing involvement of key stakeholders such as chiefs, traditional advisors, teachers, health workers, civil society organisations and religious and other leaders.

Download section A of the toolkit (1.65mb, English)
The other sections of this toolkit can be downloaded from the Alliance website.

Policy

Observatoire policy briefing
This policy briefing illustrates how civil society organisations play an instrumental role in scaling up effective national HIV responses. The briefing provides a case study that demonstrates how l’Alliance Nationale Contre le SIDA (an Alliance linking organisation) contributed to the response in Senegal. The briefing also demonstrates how NGOs can work successfully with governments, the Global Fund and other national and international stakeholders.

Download the English PDF (530kb)
Download the French PDF (178kb)

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