Issues In Brief: The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV Author: UNAIDS, UNFPA, IPPF, The Alan Guttmacher Institute No. of pages: 4 Publication date: 2004 Languages: English

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This"Issues in Brief : The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV" has been produced in collaboration with The Alan Guttmacher Institute, UNAIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and UNFPA. Reproductive health professionals in developing countries already offer a wide range of services to millions of women now at the center of the global HIV pandemic, and they are increasingly expanding their outreach to adolescents and to men. Yet their current and potential role as front-line providers of HIV prevention services is largely untapped. In addition to their ability to reach out to key target populations, reproductive health providers have the knowledge and skills upon which stepped-up interventions for HIV prevention could be built. Integrating HIV and reproductive health services in both directions seems obvious, but is often not recognized at the programme and policy level. Policymakers and programme managers need to work together to find ways to deliver these inherently interrelated services more efficiently, more effectively and in a more coordinated manner to address the global threat of HIV. The Ms-Word version has full citations.

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