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HIV and AIDS

HIV man with giant condom muralHIV and AIDS remains one of the greatest health and development challenges of our time. Despite knowing about HIV - and how to prevent transmission - for a quarter of a century, there are almost 40 million people living with HIV worldwide and many more families and communities affected by the disease.

The HIV and development programme works across IDS and includes researchers, information and communication professionals, external partners and research consortia.

Our Approach

We believe in the power of evidence to challenge the simplistic HIV orthodoxies that often obscure complex and dynamic personal, organisational and political interactions. HIV is mutable in its ability to exploit biological and structural weaknesses. Our research follows the path of the pandemic to highlight successful pockets of resistance and resilience.

KNOTS research on HIV and Development

The Knowledge, Technology and Science team have more resources on HIV/AIDS and Development.

News

Improvements in the evidence base but where is the will to end AIDS?

Published: 30 Nov 2011 Cambodia. 29-year-old Poeun Pech, an HIV positive mother of two boys, holds her cocktail of ARVs at a hospital in Pourk District. Her husband left her when he discovered her status and she returned to live with and be looked after by her parents. She has to travel to the hospital for treatment and to receive a supply of ARVs and the travel costs are a prohibitive USD 5 per person.

Reflections on the advances and tragedies this year on the rocky path to becoming an AIDS-free generation.


Non-communicable diseases: An indicator of greater shifts

Published: 20 Sep 2011 Sex worker smoking outside a brothel

As the demographics of the world change, what are the implications for development and governance approaches more generally?


IDS interview: The impact of the law on sex workers in Ethiopia

Published: 26 Aug 2011 SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town Natasha (right) and her friend Toni share a flat together in Cape town. They are street-based sex workers, and have been working in the industry for four years. Credit: Nikki Rixon / Twenty Ten / Panos

In this IDS interview, visiting research fellow, Cheryl Overs, examines the impact of the law on sex workers in Ethiopia


Children, HIV and Social Protection

Published: 3 Jun 2011 Community Based Care Centre in Malawi. Keetie Roelen

A global review of child and HIV-sensitive social protection interventions by the Centre for Social Protection highlights a number of key challenges in scaling-up social protection to children affected by HIV and AIDS.


The right to pleasure on World Aids Day

Published: 1 Dec 2010 Gay parade. Photo: Panos/Stefan Boness

Recognising the power of pleasure is vital not only for effective HIV prevention but for development too



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HIV and AIDS projects at IDS

  • Aid for AIDS: How do community groups negotiate the new financial architecture? - What is the overall impact of current major vertical and bilateral international financing structures for HIV and AIDS on local and district-level responses? (Ongoing)
  • Lessons Learnt on Scaling Up Child Sensitive Social Protection Within Eastern and Southern Africa Programmes - IDS has been commissioned to document experiences and lessons learned from various child sensitive social protection programmes UNICEF is supporting within the Children and AIDS Regional Initiative (CARI) (2010 - 2011)
  • Realising Rights Research Programme Consortium - (Ongoing)


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    Partners

    IDS Sexuality and Development Programme