01444nam a22001097a 4500008004100000020001800041050002100059245006600080260003300146300002400179505113100203170718b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789291423569  aUN/2007/02/BK/17  aTaking action against HIV: a handbook for parliamentarians. /  aSouth Africa:bUNDP.,c2007.  axxiv, 253p.:c24cm.  aContents: Introduction: Why parliamentary leadership and action on AIDS are critical -- The Role of parliaments and their members in the response to AIDS: Providing strong leadership -- Shaping supportive laws and policies -- Increasing parliamentary oversight -- Ensuring predictable and sustainable financing -- Moving toward universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support: what parliamentarians can do: HIV testing and counselling -- Eliminating stigma and discrimination -- Prevention -- Treatment, care and support -- Reducing vulnerability among women -- Reducing vulnerability among children -- Reducing vulnerability among young people -- Reducing vulnerability among other populations at risk -- Reducing vulnerability among men who have sex with men -- Reducing vulnerability among people who use drugs -- Reducing vulnerability among sex workers -- Reducing vulnerability among prisoners -- Reducing vulnerability among migrants, refugees, people with disabilities, and other groups -- A Controversial issue: HIV transmission/exposure offences -- Useful background information for parliamentarians.