Policy Brief on reducing the burden of HIV&AIDS care on women and girls.
Submitted by ICW on 29 September, 2006 - 13:09.
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The Brief highlights the crisis in delivering equitable health care for people living with HIV&AIDS, and the overwhelming burden it places on women and girls; it identifies changes that VSO is advocating for and provides recommendations to key stakeholders for policy and programme change.
It spells out VSO's believe that community caregivers have a right to be recognised, valued, supported and receive appropriate compensation, they have a right to be provided with necessary equipment e.g. home based care kits and medicines; fair financial support; and on-going training. In addition, patients have a right to care of a high quality.
It captures the details of our Ask (demand) that delivering this comprehensive, sustainable response in an equitable manner requires reducing the burden of HIV&AIDS care on women and girls. To this end VSO is calling on the international community, national governments and civil society to deliver policy and programme changes that:
It spells out VSO's believe that community caregivers have a right to be recognised, valued, supported and receive appropriate compensation, they have a right to be provided with necessary equipment e.g. home based care kits and medicines; fair financial support; and on-going training. In addition, patients have a right to care of a high quality.
It captures the details of our Ask (demand) that delivering this comprehensive, sustainable response in an equitable manner requires reducing the burden of HIV&AIDS care on women and girls. To this end VSO is calling on the international community, national governments and civil society to deliver policy and programme changes that:
- Recognise and support female community caregivers;
- Ensure the greater involvement of males in delivering community and home based care;
- Strengthen the public health systems; and
- Meaningfully involve people living with HIV&AIDS as caregivers, patients and key stakeholders.
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