IASC Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Interventions in Emergency Settings

• Source:

• IASC. 2004. Geneva, World Health Organization.

• URL:

• http://www.who.int/3by5/publications/documents/en/iasc_guidelines.pdf

• Summary:

• The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is issuing Guidelines for HIV/AIDS interventions in Emergency Settings to help individuals and organizations in their efforts to address the special needs of HIV-infected and HIV-affected people living in emergency situation. It is difficult to grasp the scale of devastation that HIV/AIDS has on people whose lives have been uprooted by conflict and disaster. In January 2003, the IASC issued a statement in which it committed itself to “redoubling our individual and joint agency responses to promote a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to this unprecedented crisis” as it faced the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and human survival, as evidenced in southern Africa. The IASC undertook to develop a practical handbook that could be put to immediate use for the benefit of those who most need our commitment and support.