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Disability and rehabilitation status : review of disability issues and rehabilitation services in 29 African countries

GIANNELLLI, Massimo
DEEPAK, Sunil
Eds
December 2004

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This report provides information related to disability issues and rehabilitation services, provided by 29 countries of Africa, and includes demographics, the presence of national policies and NGOs. The report is divided into the following three parts: a global review of information, the country profiles and a summary table of the information provided in individual countries. This report is useful for people interested in disability and rehabilitation services in Africa

Directory of associations of people living with HIV/AIDS

SYNERGY PROJECT
July 2004

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A directory of organisations for people living with HIV/AIDS. The directory is organised by geographical region. Each entry provides the contact details of an organisation, along with information about the services it offers. There is also a section looking at further sources of information for people living with HIV/AIDS

HIV and infant feeding : a compilation of programmatic evidence

KONIZ-BOOHER, Peggy
et al
July 2004

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This paper tries to deepen understandings of the biological and programmatic implications of the transmission of HIV through breastfeeding which have previously been hampered by insufficient study and difficulties of interpretation. It is a careful look at the findings of programmatic approaches. The project attempted to find, summarise and analyse reports on a wide variety of relevant programmes conducted since 1998 UNICEF guidelines were issued. The programmes range from small community research projects to national programmes. The compilation addresses numerous controversial topics and constraints, including human resources, confused mothers, stigma and discrimination, spillover of replacement feeding, free or subsidised infant formula, family economics and the difficulty in providing integrated HIV testing, informed choice counselling, community support, logistics and follow-up care for mothers and infants

NGO capacity analysis : a toolkit for assessing and building capacities for high quality responses to HIV/AIDS

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Ed
July 2004

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This toolkit can be used to identify the capacity building needs of NGOs, plan technical support interventions and monitor and evaluate the impact of capacity building. The toolkit is aimed at people and organisations that support NGOs and CBOs responding to HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Including NGO support programmes, training institutions and individual trainers

DFID and disability : a mapping of the Department for International Development and disability issues

THOMAS, Philippa
June 2004

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Disability, until very recently, has been largely invisible in the development process. In 2000, DFID broke new ground by advocating a twin track approach of mainstreaming disability issues combined with specific initiatives to address the particular needs of disabled people. This report tracks what DFID is doing on the subject of disability: in programmes, research, training of staff, activities of country offices. The report states that DFID has not lived up to the expectations that were created with the issues paper, however, the agency has gained an international reputation for its rights-based and social exclusion approach to development and it is within this debate that future work on disability should be located

Disability in Bangladesh : a situation analysis

THE DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY (DBL)
May 2004

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This report assesses the situation and needs in relation to disability in Bangladesh. It presents detailed information by assessing the prevalence, severity and causes of disability in Bangladesh, focusing particularly on children; by analyzing the current scope of initiatives on disability in the country in the public and private sectors and in NGOs; and by offering both short- and long-term recommendations for research, policy development and support for interventions in the health and education sectors. This report would be useful for those who are interested in disability policy development in Bangladesh

Stronger evaluation partnerships : the way to keep the practice relevant

EDGREN, Gus
April 2004

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This paper argues that recipient countries/organisations do not readily assume ownership of project evaluations, and that they often see them as a burden rather than as a useful tool. The changing context of development cooperation, with a growing share of aid transfers being channelled through multi-donor budget and sector support programmes rather than through single-donor projects, is also raising challenges to the conventional practice of evaluation. The relevance of assessing achieved results compared to the originally stated goals of these programmes is being questioned by some of their managers. This paper suggests that strengthening the partnership around the evaluation would make it more relevant and would increase its impact

Water supply and sanitation access and use by physically disabled people : report of second field-work in Bangladesh

JONES, H
REED, R
April 2004

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This report was produced as part of phase 2 of the Knowledge and Research project : water supply and sanitation access and use by physically disabled people. It shows ways to include physically disabled people in mainstream development programmes. It summarizes the major findings of a research project and a seminar in Bangladesh. The report addresses development NGOs, and DPOs which aim to cooperate with mainstream development NGOs

Providing antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa : a literature review

HEALTH SYSTEMS TRUST
February 2004

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This report outlines experience with ART in a number of sub-Saharan countries. ART is provided through a number of different avenues, which include the public sector, the non-profit sector, the corporate sector and the private sector. ART programmes may involve collaboration between two or more sectors with such partnerships being encouraged in recognition that the magnitude of the task may exceed the capacity of any one sector. Particular attention is paid to Botswana, the first sub-Saharan country to provide ART on a wide-scale through the public sector. The report consists of four chapters, focusing on provision of ART in the different sectors, challenges to scaling up ART programmes (including community preparedness and involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS, and issues for further research

UNESCO's strategy for HIV/AIDS prevention education

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO). International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
2004

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Describes the guiding principles and core tasks which will be the focus of UNESCO's HIV/AIDS prevention education work for 2004-2008 (to be revised as appropriate). Sets out the context for these efforts in terms of the nature and extent of the pandemic, and the role of education in combatting ignorance and stigma

Convention document legal analysis : a legal commentary on the draft convention text produced by the working group for the UN Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dign

LANDMINE SURVIVORS NETWORK
2004

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The legal analysis of the draft convention text Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities is an exellent document explaining and commenting on the convention text. This document addresses both legal experts and people who need legal background information about the convention

Taking better care? Review of a decade of work with orphans and vulnerable children in Rakai, Uganda

WITTER, Sophie
CALDER, George
AHIMBISIBWE, Timothy
2004

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Taking Better Care looks at the situation facing orphaned and vulnerable children in the Rakai District in Uganda and at the legacy of Save the Children's Child Social Care Project (CSCP) there. The report examines the impact of the CSCP, implemented between 1991 and 1996, and at trends in Rakai since the CSCP ended, as well as outlining the lessons learned and providing recommendations for future action. It concludes that in order to support orphans and vulnerable children in a long-term, sustainable way, child-care models now need to incorporate a maximum of state support and civil society mobilisation, combined with more traditional family support

Routemapping culture and development : report on a pilot research project exploring the use of cultural approaches to development within five UK development agencies

GOULD, Helen
MARSH, Mary
2004

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This research highlights the inconsistent approach and limited explicit policy with reference to cultural activities in development, despite finding over 350 examples across five development agencies over two years. The study considers the different uses of culture in development, finding a lack of consistency in implementing projects, little understanding of how cultural processes work, and few examples of appropriate evaluation

Renewing our voice : code of good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS

CABASSI, Julia
2004

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This publication outlines a set of guiding principles for NGOs responding to HIV and AIDS and for effective HIV and AIDS programming. It adopts a human rights approach, with an emphasis on meaningful involvement of people living with HIV or AIDS and affected communities. Covers how to build partnerships, accountability and transparent governance, organisational management, programme planning, advocacy, research and scaling up. It also looks in detail at good practices for HIV prevention, voluntary testing and counselling, treatment, addressing stigma and mainstreaming HIV and AIDS within development and humanitarian programmes

HR in NGO relationships

SWARBRICK, Alex
2004

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[From introduction:] The purpose of the research presented in this report is to provide People In Aid and agencies in the sector with an overview of northern non-governmental organisations’ (NNGOs’) relationships with their local partners with respect to human resource management. The research sought to gain a view of local NGOs’ (LNGOs) own attitudes towards human resource management and to appreciate aspects of the People In Aid Code which make it less or more appropriate for local NGOs

Involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS in treatment preparedness in Thailand : case study

KUMPHITAK, Aree
KASI-SEDAPAN, Siriras
WILSON, David
et al
2004

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People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Thailand are increasingly encouraged to work in partnership with NGOs to improve access to disease prevention and treatment provision. This case study outlines the impact of this collaboration over a period of four years. PLHA have been directly involved in lobbying and advocacy, helping make ART more widely available, but also promoting prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections, focusing on the use of co-trimoxazole. Their involvement as co-providers in care has positively changed the attitude of health care staff towards HIV/AIDS patients. The study concludes that a coordinated collaboration between the public health system, NGOs and PLHA would have important spin-offs for both health care providers and PLHA themselves

Child labour : a textbook for university students

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR
2004

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Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1. What is child labour? Chapter 2. The worst forms of child labour 3. Causes of child labour 4. Education and child labour 5. Girls and child labour 6. Researching child labour 7. Actions of governments and international organizations 8. Actions of employers' organizations, trade unions, non-governmental organizations, and children 9. "What can I do?"; Conclusion

Promoting mental health : concepts - emerging evidence - practice, summary report... in collaboration with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and the University of Melbourne

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
VICTORIAN HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION, AUSTRALIA
2004

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This summary report and the full report on which it is based describe the concepts relating to promotion of mental health, the emerging evidence for effectiveness of interventions, and the public health policy and practice implications

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