Resources for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration  (www.fpandhiv.org <http://www.fpandhiv.org/> )

(See a demonstration of  the site at  the Constella-Futures booth  (B-237)  at the International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006) 
 
Since its launch in June 2005, the Resources for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Web site (www.fpandhiv.org <http://www.fpandhiv.org/> ) has grown to include over 400 expert-selected resources, many of which can be downloaded as full text or ordered. The site can be accessed for free and no longer requires a password log-on.
 
What Is the Resources for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Web Site?
 
The site is a comprehensive knowledge base for health professionals working to integrate family planning and reproductive health services with the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. 
 
What You Will Find

*	The latest research and evidence-based approaches to FP and HIV/AIDS integration 
*	Materials documenting actual field program experiences with FP and HIV integration, including contact information for ordering 
*	Practical tools for integrated service delivery that can be adapted to various settings 
*	Featured Web sites, publications, and other new and emerging integration resources 
*	FP and HIV integration meetings, presentations, and conference highlights

What You Can Do With This Resource 

*	Quickly access a selected collection of materials reflecting the latest thinking of the health community on integration of HIV and family planning services 
*	See what other professionals are doing to develop and strengthen integration policies, guidelines, practices, and service delivery 
*	Share your FP/HIV experiences with other professionals by submitting case studies, evidence based practices, and lessons from the field. 
*	Get answers to the key questions that health professionals are asking about FP and HIV integration 

Find relevant documents, events, photos, and communications materials all in one place
 
Key Topics 
 
Topics include the key technical approaches to integration, such as:

*	Family Planning and HIV Counseling and Testing 
*	Family Planning and Mother-to-Child-Transmission 
*	Contraception for HIV-Positive Women  

New in 2006
 
Here are a few examples of important resources added to the knowledge base in 2006:
 
Best Kept Secret in PMTCT: Contraception to Avert Unintended Pregnancies
Global AIDSLink, May/June 2006
 
Increasing access to voluntary contraceptive services needs to be an integral component of HIV prevention efforts if the UNGASS goal of reducing infections in infants is to be met.
 
Target of Opportunity Final Report: Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of HIV-Positive Women: Using Evidence to Advocate for Change
Policy Project, 2006
 
The Target of Opportunity activity was designed and implemented in partnership with the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) in South Africa and Swaziland to build HIV-positive women's capacity to raise awareness of their reproductive health needs by creating and implementing advocacy plans to reduce policy and operational barriers at facility, community, and national levels. 
 
Scaling Up HIV Prevention Programs for Youth: The Essential Elements Framework in Action
Margaret Sanger Center International (MSCI), 2005
 
In 2002, UNFPA invited Margaret Sanger Center International to help design an approach that would help local NGOs [and governments and/or private enterprises] throughout the world to expand, replicate or improve their youth-focused HIV prevention programs. The framework provides for assessment, a process of identifying and building capacity in those areas that need most attention, and a system for monitoring and evaluating the progress and results of the program. The Essential Elements Framework has three dimensions: guiding approaches, program strategies and managerial practices.

See a Demonstration at the International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006
 
Visit the Constella-Futures booth  (B-237) at the International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 13-18, 2006, to see a demonstration of the Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Web site. Learn how to get the best search results. Network with other professionals working in family planning and HIV/AIDS Integration. Bring your memory stick and download full-text resources to take home.
 
Contact 
 
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The Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Integration Web site (www.fpandhiv.org <http://www.fpandhiv.org/> ) was jointly developed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs and Constella Group, LLC under the INFO Project. Additional support provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

 

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