Publication Date
2001
34 p
This publication addresses the issue of how to incorporate HIV prevention and care into routine responses to complex humanitarian emergencies. It considers evidence that conflict facilitates the spread of HIV and also inhibits responses to HIV/AIDS. It reviews interventions carried out at international and national levels by UNICEF, other UN agencies and non-governmental organizations. Lessons learned are discussed and recommendations are given for UNICEF’s role in reducing the spread of HIV in situations of armed conflict
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Keywords
Development/ Humanitarian; human disasters (war & conflict); Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; vulnerable groups; Education; formal education; Health; sexual health; systems: service delivery; treatment and prevention; Human rights; freedom from exploitation violence and abuse; Information & knowledge; acquisition of information; Politics government and economics; government and politics