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          AID FOR AIDS: HOW DO COMMUNITY GROUPS NEGOTIATE THE NEW
          FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE?
 

          The past decade has witnessed a change in the public health funding
          landscape  with the rise of global health initiatives as well as increases in
          bilateral funding for health sector development. Aids_Discussion


Home Management
 Of  Malaria  In
 MALAWI

 
   Malaria is a major public health problem in Malawi. Evidence shows that fifty percent   (50%) of malaria cases in Malawi  are treated
at   homeUdzudzu Mosquito inappropriately  due
 to poor  access to public health  facilities. Quality of treatment
is  often inadequate and could lead to  serious
complications. I
t is also  shown that only 23% of people  suffering
from malaria illness have  access to
prompt treatment within  24 hours at onset of signs and
  symptoms
.
 

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 Sustainability Of Community Home Based Care (CHBC)  Activities In
 MALAWI


The CHBC activities carried out by different community based organizations (CBOs) are indispensable at the moment considering the acute shortage of health care workers    that   Malawi is currently facing. The study set out to   understand challenges which could  impact on the   sustainability of CHBC activities as anticipatedin the  CHBC Policy. The study  focused on challenges to  do with  coordination, funding, involvement of men and people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) as well as monitoring and evaluation of CHBC activities at district level.

Policy Brief

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>>> Linking Civil Society Policy Brief
                         
 

 >>> Extending Services to Community  Policy Brief

          Action on HIV/AIDS has been associated with high
          profile programmes such as the Global Fund to
          Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the US President’s
          Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief as well as large
          philanthropic initiatives such as the Bill and Melinda
          Gates Foundation.

        
To find out more about the project contact:
       Hayley MacGregor.

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         ACCESS TO HIV TREATMENT AND CARE AMONGST COMMERCIAL SEX
         WORKERS IN MALAWI

Sex_Workers

Malawi has over the years intensified its fight against AIDS, through policies, guidelines, services and programmes. Some policies explicitly mention the need for focus on services for commercial sex workers because of their susceptibility to HIV infection and the potential risk they have of spreading the virus. The National AIDS Commission highlights commercial sex workers (CSW) as a high risk group, and a key group for access to treatment.
The challenge remains to translate these policy
        commitments into practice, especially given the illegal nature of commercial sex
        work.  Of concern CSWs themselves are not included in developing the design,
        implementation and evaluation of policies and programmes affecting them.

       
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        THE OUT COMES OF TAKE HOME RATIONS FOR ORPHANS AND
           VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY HIV IN
           MALAWI  

         “Most of the girls, who drop out end up in 10,12,14, 16 respectively
         are  getting married to older men for survival''.


        “Most girls argue that if they get married or pregnant early they  would
         get their daily needs met by their husband. They need  to dress well,
         powder and  to have soap.”

ChakudyaChild collecting food

''The outcomes of Home Rations for. . . in Malawi.''

There is ample evidence that school feeding in addition to the removal of school fees can greatly improve school participation (enrolment and attendance) and that many categories of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of poverty and food insecurity, including being withdrawn from school. There is specific evidence that the combination of take-home food rations with in-school feeding and other progressive education policies can further enhance results. What is less well understood, however, is how such interventions work at the household level and how they may be further improved to achieve sustainable results.

This research project was developed to answer the question of whether and how take-home food rations, delivered through schools and conditional on school attendance, can improve the lives and prospects for vulnerable children, their carers and other household members in communities heavily affected by AIDS.


Jerker Edström, Henry Lucas, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Bertha Simwaka
 

         

 

 

 
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