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1. Evaluation of the epidemiological impact of harm reduction programs on HIV in Vietnam

   This impact assessment study aims to examine coverage of harm reduction interventions in Vietnam among injecting drug users and female sex workers from 2004-2009 and to understand the HIV transmission dynamics in Vietnam and to estimate the extent to which harm reduction interventions among core groups have contributed towards epidemiological trends and reduced HIV transmission in Vietnam during the 2004-2009 strategy.

2. Passions and Portraits - Young women raise HIV/AIDS awareness in South Asia

   In 2005 the IPPF, South Asia Regional Office invited 10 young women between the ages of 16-20 to take part in an exciting new initiative that would ultimately combine HIV/AIDS awareness with photography. These 10 young women, in partnership with five IPPF Member Associations, developed skills in HIV/AIDS peer education and photograpy over a four-day workshop that they could then put into practice in their respective countries at the community level. …

3. Profiles in equity: Better practices for women, children and AIDS

   Significant challenges remain in narrowing the gap between beneficiaries and those still missing from the AIDS response. …

4. Assessment of Utilization of the HIV Interventions by Sex Workers in Selected Brothels in Bangladesh

   This study aims to examine changes in knowledge, attitude and behavioural practices of the female sex workers (FSWs) for STI and HIV and AIDS prevention and to understand the socio-cultural context for these changes in the selected brothels. It shows that the peer educators were found to be acceptable and credible facilitators to the FSWs in brothels. It shows that FSWs' high knowledge of STIs/HIV/AIDS was not always supported by the skills to negotiate with the clients. Therefore, more life skills training and role-playing exercises will be part of the training program for the FSWs. …

5. Lesson learned: community operated youth centres in Myanmar

   Released in July 2004, ôCommunity Operated Youth Centres in Myanmarö is published as part of a series entitled Lessons Learned, which aims at documenting and disseminatng lessons learned from projects with good and promising practices. The publication includes a simple guide to assist in the replication of this project. This publication describes lesson learned from a project that used a community operated reproductive health approach in Myanmar over a period of three years in 2001-2003. Four countries were choosen to take part in the project: Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines and Bangladesh. …