The HIV/AIDS tool kit was developed in the IPPF/WHR regional office and tested in collaboration with IPPF Member Associations in Honduras, Peru, Haiti, Jamaica, and Suriname. The tool kit includes a questionnaire to measure staff attitudes and knowledge around HIV/AIDS and an accompanying implementation guide, answer key, and code book. A database for the questionnaire is also available. These tools have been tested with small samples, and have been useful in collecting data to inform new programs and improve existing services.

Table of Contents

A Introduction to the HIV/AIDS Tool Kit
 

B HIV/AIDS Questionnaire for Providers and Staff

C Checklist for Implementing the HIV/AIDS Questionnaire
 

D Answer Key for HIV/AIDS Questionnaire for Providers and Staff
 

E Codebook for HIV/AIDS Questionnaire for Providers and Staff

The Handbook for Budget Work in Advocacy Projects is a tool to facilitate the process of incorporating budget elements into Advocacy planning. We do not expect organizations to be able to conduct in-depth analyses of public budgets thanks to this handbook. Rather, we offer a way to determine the steps necessary to identify and monitor specific areas of expenditure that contribute to achieving the political change sought by a particular Advocacy project. To use this manual, it is advisable to have developed the Advocacy project following the methodology provided in the Handbook for Advocacy Planning, from IPPF/WHR’s Advocacy Tools series.

Produced in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the “UNITE to End Violence against Women” campaign,  this manual provides tools and guidelines for health care managers in order to improve the health care response to violence against women in developing country settings. It includes practical tools to determine provider attitudes to gender-based violence, legal definitions and responsibilities, and quality of care.

The Handbook for Political Analysis and Mapping is divided into three sections. The first one
analyzes all the structural and institutional features of the state that are related to the issue of Advocacy. The second one comprises activities that seek to give a comprehensive political content to the information analyzed in the first part. The last one is the analysis of the key actors involved.

Developing Advocacy activities entails carrying out a series of highly specialized actions. Associations must analyze political processes, State structure, current legislation at the various government levels, international commitments, and the social, economic, geopolitical, and human development context. With this information, they can suggest timely changes to legislation, public policy, and government programs to the appropriate agencies (Parliament, the Courts, Departments, Ministries, and others).

We must engage in Advocacy work because each nation must have the legal and institutional mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of their citizens, and thus foster the welfare of people and communities. We must also engage in Advocacy work because our efforts to inform, raise awareness, and articulate our work with decision makers, State and government actions addressing a specific issue will correspond to the reality that determines them.

This two-book kit provides the essential elements for developing a rights-based, gender-sensitive, and participatory curriculum for sexuality and HIV education.

Book 1: GUIDELINES

• An introduction that includes an evidence-based policy argument
• Seven content units (each with Learning Objectives, Key Content, and
  Points for Reflection)
• A final project-based unit (to support advocacy and apply lessons learned)
• 22 fact sheets

Book 2: ACTIVITIES

• Effective teaching methods
• 54 sample activities
• Additional resources

Table of Contents

 
General Introduction
 

Part 1. Survey of Vulnerable Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
 

Part 2. Survey of Health Providers and Other Personnel that Work with Vulnerable Youth
 

Part 3. Annex

The publications contains an analysis of health regulation in various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, designed to assess measure that aid in the implementation of laws enabling the provision of legal abortion services.

The report also sets out a proposed model regulation that includes minimum standards for what is required by governments and health care providers to ensure women’s access to safe, dignified and timely services.  This publication is the first attempt to establish a model regulation based on a comparison of current regulations.