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Achieving Functional HIV/AIDS Services through Strong Community and Management Support
The breadth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is staggering. In 2002 alone, 5 million people became infected with HIV, and 3.1 million others died. Forty-two million people currently live with HIV/AIDS. The global commitment to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, demonstrated by the sheer volume of allotted human, technical, and financial resources, is unprecedented in the history of disease prevention and control. As a result, the interventions needed for a successful HIV/AIDS program have been rapidly developed and become widely known. They include a combination of good clinical and informational services supported by strong health systems, political leadership, social openness, community participation, and broad-based, intersectoral partnerships. Yet, the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to escalate and afflict the poorest countries disproportionately.
Health planners and managers must clearly put this combination of resources and expertise to more effective use. They can do this by increasing their understanding of what makes HIV/AIDS services function well and improving the linkages among health and community services.
This issue of The Manager focuses on designing and improving a package of HIV-related, using a conceptual framework called the Functional Service Delivery Point. The framework can help managers to identify the characteristics that make HIV-related services functional and to deliver these services with strong community and management support.
Health planners and managers must clearly put this combination of resources and expertise to more effective use. They can do this by increasing their understanding of what makes HIV/AIDS services function well and improving the linkages among health and community services.
This issue of The Manager focuses on designing and improving a package of HIV-related, using a conceptual framework called the Functional Service Delivery Point. The framework can help managers to identify the characteristics that make HIV-related services functional and to deliver these services with strong community and management support.