Late in 2007, a new collaboration between HEARD and the AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU) of the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Social Science Research has resulted in co-production and branding of the CSSR Working Paper Series. This partnership provides a ready route for HEARD researchers’ manuscripts to a publication of high regard and over five years’ standing.

AIDS Analysis Africa is a bi-monthly publication that serves to analyse the impact of the AIDS epidemic on organizations, business and the economy, with a focus on Africa.

AIDS Analysis Africa is a bi-monthly publication that serves to analyse the impact of the AIDS epidemic on organizations, business and the economy, with a focus on Africa.

Each edition features articles on HIV/AIDS ranging from the impact on children to legal issues surrounding HIV positive status to books about HIV/AIDS. The latest statistics and findings are included in this publication and therefore it is one of the premiere sources of information on this epidemic.

Visit the website at: www.redribbon.co.za/learn

A number of well-known writers contribute papers and the publication’s editor is Prof. Alan Whiteside.

Subscriptions and copies of AIDS Analysis Africa may be obtained from the Publishers:

• Whiteside and van Niftrik Publications (Pty) Ltd
• P O Box 556, Howard Place, 7450, South Africa +27 (0) 21 5319942
• e-mail : aaasa@iafrica.com

HEARD's quarterly newsletter

A Message from the Director

Welcome to the HEARD newsletter. In a world where there is more and more information being made available to us every day, it may seem odd to be producing yet another newsletter. The problem is that there is so much information that it is difficult to sift through it all.

The purpose of this short newsletter is to provide colleagues, friends and others with information on what we are doing. We will anchor each newsletter with a short article on an issue we consider to be interesting and important, and we will point to important developments and data sources. - Alan Whiteside

Various books and publications (co)published by HEARD researchers. Also includes general articles written by HEARD staff.

These were developed as part of the USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development" (1998-2004). There are twenty-eight AIDS briefs in all, each written by an expert in the field.

As part of the current USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development", which commenced early in 1998, HEARD identified a need for a much wider, expanded and more detailed series of documents. These were to encompass more aspects of AIDS interventions and preventions and would be targeted at specific groups. There are twenty-eight AIDS briefs in all, each written by an expert in the field, which offer sector-specific guide-lines and responses for those involved in various professional, commercial and industrial endeavours. Check-lists are a standard feature, enabling operatives to plot their progress against requirements unique to their sphere of activity, and suggesting innovative approaches. 

The Toolkit was developed in 2001 to assist Local Government in South Africa to define their role in the Partnership Against AIDS and to initiate their responses to the epidemic.

HOW WAS THE TOOLKIT DEVELOPED?
The Toolkit was developed following interviews with key stakeholders from business, unions, NGOs and with Local and Provincial Government officials in KwaZulu-Natal. The interviews focused on the role of Local Government in general and in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and what Local Government would need in terms of resources, partnerships and technical assistance to mount effective responses to HIV/AIDS.

WHAT IS A TOOLKIT? 
A Toolkit is a pack of instruments; each of which can be used for a specific purpose - in this instance to develop or build a Local Government response to HIV/AIDS. The Local Government Toolkit can be used with other complementary tools such as workplace programme guidelines (see Useful Resources and Contacts).

WHO WILL USE THE TOOLKIIT? 
Nominated Local Government Councillors and officials and their support structures will be the primary users of the Toolkit. The Toolkit does however have application in other situations and could be of use to anyone with responsibility for developing an HIV/AIDS response for an organisation. For a Toolkit such as the one for Local Government to be of optimal use, those who will use it should be trained in basic HIV/AIDS information, AIDS and development, advocacy and the application of the Toolkit.

These were developed as part of the USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development" (1998-2004). There are eleven Toolkits, seven aimed at standard government ministries or departments, and four which are general in character.

As part of the current USAID project "Operationalising HIV/AIDS Issues For Development", which commenced early in 1998, HEARD identified a need for a much wider, expanded and more detailed series of documents. These were to encompass more aspects of AIDS interventions and preventions and would be targeted at specific groups. There are eleven Toolkits, seven aimed at standard government ministries or departments, and four which are general in character, so that any given Ministry's complete Toolkit would comprise five documents: that for (e.g.) the Ministry of Education, plus the four that explain and expand on the Toolkit theme with frequent cross-references to the specific Ministry booklet.

The Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education (MTT) is a uniquely Africa-to-Africa technical support program. It is designed to help empower African ministries of education (MoEs) and their development partners to develop sector-wide HIV/AIDS policy and prioritized implementation plans to systemically manage and mitigate impact.