Publication Date
March 2009
120 p, ill.
This manual is intended to help network support agents and other community workers be more effective in disseminating standardised information about HIV and AIDS. It "...emphasises the importance of the acquisition of knowledge, skills and the right attitude needed to identify the psychosocial needs of people of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and address these needs by giving information, counselling and appropriate referrals. Knowledge of counselling and psychosocial care, is combined as much as possible with prevention activities such as adopting HIV basic care positive prevention and adherence to treatment"
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Keywords
Disability and community; community; Disability and social diversity; persons living with HIV/aids; vulnerable groups; Education; health education; Global picture; disability and gender; Health; diseases: communicable diseases (CD); family planning; issues: malnutrition; risk factors; sexual health; systems: health workforce; systems: medical products vaccines and technologies; treatment and prevention; Human rights; legal capacity and recognition; Inclusion; society and social change; Rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment); trauma
