Mmata Tswana (My Partner) - Community Caregiver Support Groups to Improve ART Adherence Amongst Adolescents Living with HIV

The Mmata Tswana model is a community caregiver support group model which offers an opportunity for caregivers to:

• Meet, discuss and learn from one another about ART adherence and caring for adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV);
• Provide psychosocial support to one another;
• Offer general care-giving support to one another by, for example accompanying each other’s children for scheduled appointments, as well as assisting them with treatment as necessary; and
• Create a community of knowledge about adolescents’ treatment and health needs to minimise the risks associated with loss to follow-up when a caregiver is unable to take care of an adolescent. 

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Promising Practices in Health Provider Sensitisation for Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV

While the importance of sensitising health providers to the needs of adolescents has increasingly been acknowledged, there remains a gap in documented interventions and models of practice as to how this can be actioned. This promising practice brief was developed in acknowledgement of the urgent need for operational evidence on health provider sensitisation.

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Gender Socialization during Adolescence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Conceptualization, influences and outcomes

Adolescence is a critical period in the development of gender attitudes and behaviours, which have potentially life-long effects.

This paper set out to provide a conceptual understanding of the gender socialization process during adolescence, its influences and outcomes, and practical suggestions on how to use this knowledge in the design of policies and programmes to improve gender equality. The paper concludes with recommendations for more holistic policy and programming efforts around gender socialization in adolescence.

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For more information go to: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/885/ 

RIATT-ESA feedback on UNAIDS HIV Strategy 2016-2021

RIATT ESA feedback on UNAIDS virtual consultation final.pdf

RIATT-ESA's input into global consultation for the developing of the UNAIDS HIV strategy 2016-2021.