Selected Publications

Contraceptive Security

• Policy Aspects of Achieving Contraceptive Security (PDF, 1.94MB)

• Targeting: A Key Element of National Contraceptive Security Planning (PDF, 2.08MB)

• Creating Conditions for Greater Private Sector Participation in FP/RH: Benefits for Contraceptive Security (PDF, 2.02MB)

HIV/AIDS

Regional and Sub-Regional Topics

• Case study of the Latin American and Caribbean Network on Strategic Planning and AIDS (REDPES) (PDF 796 KB)

• (Synergy project) Latin America and Caribbean Regional HIV/AIDS initiative (LACRI) : (final) annual report FY2002 (PDF, 197 KB)

• Resource requirements to fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF 120 KB)

• Fact Sheet: Antiretroviral Price Negotiation in the Caribbean - PAHO (MS Word , 84KB)
• The Silent Killer in the Caribbean: Political Leaders Committed to Fighting Stigma of HIV/AIDS - World Bank
• Matrix of HIV/AIDS-Related Programmes/Activities in the Caribbean - UNAIDS
• Vulnerability and Resilience: Gender and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean (Draft) - International Center for Research on Women (PDF , 630KB)
• AIDS Regional Update: Latin America & The Caribbean - World Bank
• Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean - World Bank
• Caribbean Regional Strategic Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS - Caribbean Task Force on HIV/AIDS
• Caribbean Regional Strategic Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS (Draft) - Caribbean Task Force on HIV/AIDS/World Bank
• HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Issues and Options - World Bank (PDF , 661KB)
• Fact Sheet: Antiretroviral Price Negotiation in 10 Latin American Countries - PAHO (MS Word , 84KB)

Other Regional HIV/AIDS publications are available at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/lacin.html

Primary Prevention
• Strategy Recommendations and Planning Framework for HIV/AIDS Behavior Change Communication Activities funded by USAID/Haiti (PDF , 369KB)
• Education and HIV/AIDS: A Window of Hope(PDF , 3.88KB)
• Working with Men for HIV Prevention and Care - UNAIDS (PDF , 989KB)
• HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users - CDC
• AIDS and Men Who Have Sex With Men (Technical Update) (PDF , 107KB)
• Partners for Change: Enlisting Men in HIV/AIDS Prevention (PDF , 312KB)
• Condom Procurement Guide - World Bank (PDF , 1.96MB)
• Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States - Public Health Service Task Force
• Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (Fact Sheet) - UNICEF
• Breaking the Silence: Preventing HIV/AIDS in Latin American and Caribbean Adolescents and Youth, Issue 1 - PAHO, NORAD, UNAIDS (PDF ,787KB)
• Breaking the Silence: Preventing HIV/AIDS in Latin American and Caribbean Adolescents and Youth, Issue 2 - PAHO, NORAD, UNAIDS (PDF, 301KB)
• Breaking the Silence: Preventing HIV/AIDS in Latin American and Caribbean Adolescents and Youth, Issue 3 - PAHO, NORAD, UNAIDS (PDF , 227KB)

Care and Support

• Comprehensive Care and Support Services Assessment in Five Central American Countries (PDF , 499KB)
• Living Well with AIDS - FAO, WHO
• Reaching Out, Scaling Up: Eight Case Studies of Home and Community Care for and by People with HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS (PDF , 258KB)
• Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People: Experiences from Technical Cooperation Projects - GTZ (PDF , 885KB)
• Hands on! A Manual for Working with Youth on Sexual and Reproductive Health - GTZ (PDF, 1.56MB)
• Poverty, AIDS, and Children’s Schooling: A Targeting Dilemma - World Bank
• Research Summary: Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nongovernmental Organization Service Delivery: Findings from a Four-Country Study - Horizons
• The Silent Killer in the Caribbean - Political Leaders Committed to Fighting Stigma of HIV/AIDS - World Bank
• Commonwealth of the Bahamas: Accelerating Access to Care and Support for Bahamians Living with HIV/AIDS. Strategy Document - a Strategic Initiative of the Government of the Bahamas, the United Nations System, and the Private Sector (PDF , 920KB)
• The Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Delivery of Community-Based Prevention, Care and Support Services in Ecuador - IHAA, KIMIRINA, Horizons

Treatment

• Position of REDLA+ on Procurement Generic and Copied Versions of Antiretroviral Medications - REDLA (MS Word , 40KB)
• Tools to Determine Quality of Antiretrovirals - PAHO (MS Word, 86KB)
• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents - DHHS and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection - NPHRC, HRSA, NIH
• Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States - Public Health Service Task Force
• Fact Sheet: Antiretroviral Price Negotiation in the Caribbean - PAHO (MS Word , 84KB)
• Fact Sheet: Antiretroviral Price Negotiation in 10 Latin American Countries - PAHO (MS Word , 87KB)
• Antiretrovirals: Resource Page for Latin America and the Caribbean - PAHO
• Building Blocks: Guidelines for Antiretroviral Treatment in Adults for Latin American and Caribbean Countries - PAHO, WHO
• Sources and Prices of Selected Drugs and Diagnostics for People Living With HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS (PDF , 259KB)
• 2001 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus - USPHS/IDSA (PDF , 255KB)
• Managing the Dual Epidemics of Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: A Review of Challenge and Response in Five Countries - WHO (PDF , 2.75MB)
• A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV/AIDS - HRSA

Policy Development
• Costing of HIV/AIDS Treatment in Mexico - Abt Associates Inc. (PDF , 281KB)
• The Silent Killer in the Caribbean - Political Leaders Committed to Fighting Stigma of HIV/AIDS - World Bank
• Resource Requirements to Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean - Opuni, M. et al. (PDF , 119KB)
• Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean - World Bank (PDF, 522KB)
• Building Blocks: Comprehensive Care Guidelines for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in the Americas - PAHO/WHO (PDF, 89KB)
• HIV/AIDS Toolkit: Building Political Commitment for Effective HIV/AIDS Policies and Programs - The Policy Project

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Database of social indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean, Statistics and Economic Projections Division - Social Statistics Unit, ECLAC, United Nations
• Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators - UNAIDS (PDF, 1.17MB)
• An Evaluation of Participatory, Multisectoral Planning for HIV/AIDS in Key States in Mexico - POLICY/USAID (PDF , 258KB)
• Developing a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Plan: Case Study of an NGO Capacity Building Project in Mexico - USAID/Synergy Project (PDF, 89KB)
• Evaluating CDC-Funded Health Department HIV Prevention Programs
• Mid-Term Evaluation - HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention and Care Project, USAID/Dominican Republic
• USAID/Brazil: Mid-Term Evaluation of IMPACT/FHI, IMPACT/MSH, Pathfinder do Brasil, and DKT do Brasil - USAID/Synergy Project (PDF , 210KB)
• The Caribbean Regional Strategic Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS
• National AIDS Programmes: A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation - UNAIDS (PDF , 1.72MB)
• STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in Nicaragua: Needs Assessment
• Final Evaluation of the AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Project - USAID/Jamaica