May 21, 2007 – Brussels, CARE held a second roundtable meeting in cooperation with WFP and UNAIDS to discuss the links between food insecurity and HIV and AIDS. Practitioners from Rwanda, Ethiopia and Zambia shared experiences in HIV and food security programming and provided tools for policy makers and programmers in Europe.

This document describes CARE Bangladesh’s four years of experience in working with truck drivers, their helpers, rickshaw pullers and dockworkers, gained through their DFID funded HIV Programme.

This document outlines CARE Bangladesh’s five years of experience in working with drug users to prevent HIV, gained through their DFID funded HIV Programme.

This is the Annual Report of CARE's Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA) 2005 - March 2006.

This briefing paper, which responds to Article 28 of UNGASS 2006, highlights the importance of adequate food and nutrition in mitigating against the impacts of HIV and AIDS.

In consultation with other organizations working on HIV globally, CARE International commissioned a climate survey covering six countries (Cambodia, Kenya, Malawi, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Vietnam) to explore civil society experiences and document lessons learned in the country-level UNGASS 2006 national review process. This is the report.

Children affected by HIV and AIDS are regarded as the missing face in HIV and AIDS interventions. CARE Rwanda’s Nkundabana (Kinyarwanda for “I love children”) approach provides a community-based solution to child-headed households and households where adults are unable to provide adequate care for children. The Nkundabana model mobilizes adult volunteers from the community to provide guidance and care for children living in households without adult support. The Nkundabana model provides a foundation for economic and food security as well as child advocacy. The model also has excellent potential for long-term sustainability because the community is supported to work together to care for the children themselves.

This document summarizes the lessons learned through CARE’s experience in developing an HIV and AIDS workplace policy. While the details of a workplace policy should be based upon the local context, the basic standards include:

• Following national and international labor laws and good practice guides
• Addressing the four major objectives of prevention, positive living, access and adherence to treatment, and mitigation of social and economic impacts
• Linking closely to other staff health or wellness policies
• Providing for basic services including HIV and AIDS education, access to condoms and the promotion of general wellness and positive living
• Once these basic building blocks are in place, policies can go on to include additional services

There is a strong two-way relationship between food insecurity and the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Homestead gardening can help to break the connection. It offers a wider range of potential crops than field-based agriculture, requires less time and labour, and can provide a source of extra income. Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS concerns into agricultural programs also helps reduce stigma and build partnerships with other organizations.

HIV and AIDS mainstreaming is considered a critical response to the pandemic. This document, developed by Concern Universal, provides simple guidelines that can be used by staff of charities to mainstream HIV and AIDS into their programmes. It enables anyone who has never understood what HIV and AIDS mainstreaming is to have an idea of what it can look like in an organisation.