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HIV and AIDS impact analysis

1. The organisations capacity regarding HIV and AIDS. Does the organisation need to increase its capacity? What has been learned during previous HIV and AIDS interventions? SMC encourages cooperation with human resources/organisations with competence in HIV and AIDS, if this is necessary to plan and carry out an intervention. 2. HIV and AIDS within the organisation. How are HIV and AIDS affecting the organisation? Does the organisation have a staff policy about HIV and AIDS that covers issues like health insurance, job security and equal opportunity as well as support for families and the community? Is there a need to develop or update the current staff policy? Has the staff received HIV and AIDS training? 3. HIV and AIDS and the organisations activities: Is there a policy or guidelines for AIDS and HIV-related issues? (If the organisation has an HIV and AIDS policy it can be attached it to the application). 4. The goal of the intervention and how it addresses HIV and AIDS. What are the specific problems involving HIV and AIDS in the area of the intervention? What are the consequences? 5. Target Groups: How are the target group/s of the intervention affected by HIV and AIDS? Are specific groups or individuals in the community especially vulnerable with respect to HIV and AIDS? 6. Activities: Are additional activities necessary to reinforce the effects of the intervention concerning the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS? Are there activities that need to be included in the intervention because of HIV and AIDS? For interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: 7. Activities: How will the activities during the intervention directly or indirectly be able to reduce the spread and consequences of HIV and AIDS? Does the intervention include an education component that addresses and aims to change attitudes towards sexuality for example? Does the intervention include work to increase health care, or does it alleviate the effects of HIV and AIDS in other ways? The text below provides some suggestions for how an HIV and AIDS perspective could be included in activities.

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Use one or more of the following strategies for inclusion of an HIV and AIDS perspective in the project activities. 1. Work with AIDS can be incorporated into existing activities. (For example, education in HIV and AIDS can raise the target groups consciousness in their work on a daily basis) 2. Look at how other activities can contribute to reducing the spread of or alleviating HIV and AIDS (can activities be designed so that vulnerable homes/individuals are sure to be included?); 3. Start cooperating with other organisations that have special competence in HIV and AIDS and that work with the same target group. (The cooperation may increase the awareness of and/or alleviate the effects of HIV and AIDS through the competence of the other organisation). To sum up, these three strategies provide an opportunity to include an AIDS and HIV perspective through prevention and/or the alleviation of the effects of HIV and AIDS for all interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.

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SMCs Handbook Chapter 8.9 - HIV and AIDS impact analysis