Introduction
One of the greatest challanges facing Member States (MS) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as they work towards achieving set social, political and economic development targets is the adverse effects of HIV and AIDS, tubercolosis (TB) and malaria. These communicable diseases (known as "The Big 3") have severely undermined SADC's goal of eradicating poverty in the region, threatning to reverse hard-won development gains.
The SADC Communicable Diseases Project
The project was concieved in 2007 to eccelerate a harmonised response to the three major communicable diseases affecting the region. In a bold bid to accelerate collective progress and responses to communicable diseases in the region, SADC Secretariat has developed minimum policy standards, frameworks and guidelines on HIV and AIDS. In addition the programme produced an array of reports and fliers.
Cognisant that communicable diseases have hugely impacted health and development outcomes in SADC, the CD project has identified a policy response that has sought to reverse the trends by providing standards and guidelines across the region.
In addition, the policy work is geared to accelerate the SADC bloc's efforts towards attaining Millenium Development Goal (MDG) 6, which emphasises combating HIV, TB and malaria.
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Assessment Report for the Development of Harmonised Minimum Standards for the Prevention Treatment and Management of Tuberculosis in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report for the Harmonised Control of HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Militaries in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report on HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C andother Sexually Transmitted Infections in Prison Settings in the SADC
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report on Reference Laboratories in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report on the Status of HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Surveillance Systems in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report on the Status of HIV Testing and Counselling Policies in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Assessment Report on the Status of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Programmes in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Checklists for Measuring Implementation of the Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines in HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Programmes
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Framework for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
Provides minimum standards in clinical case management guidelines for managing STI-associated syndromes, as well as other STI conditions that are not presented as syndromes. The framework can be used by service providers as a guide for designing evaluation and supervision tools, for assessing and improving the quality of care and for designing and implementing STI surveillance systems.
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Framework for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the SADC Region - leaflet
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Functions and Minimum Standards for National Reference Laboratories in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
Sets out minimum standards that must be achieved by national reference laboratories. Provides detailed guidelines on human resources management; organisation and management; quality management; laboratory physical infrastructure; specimen transportation and handling; managing laboratory equipment and M&E.
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Functions and Minimum Standards for National Reference Laboratories in the SADC Region - leaflet
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
Promotes better access to quality HIV, TB and malaria health services for both men and women in the SADC region through recognition of unique vulnerabilities of men and women. Provides a standard framework for gender-sensitive policy and strategic development, programming, research, and M&E.
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Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - leaflet
Type: Documents & Publications, Guidelines
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Harmonised Minimum Standards for the Prevention Treatment and Management of Tuberculosis in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
Presents minimum standards for effective TB case management including diagnosis, case definition, treatment, paediatric TB, TB/HIV co-infection, and drug-resistant TB. Minimum standards are also presented for key cross-cutting issues relating to TB control, including laboratory services, cross-border control and TB infection and prevention control.
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Harmonised Minimum Standards for the Prevention Treatment and Management of Tuberculosis in the SADC Region - leaflet
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Harmonised Surveillance Framework for HIV and AIDS Tuberculosis, and Malaria in the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
This is a framework to facilitate harmonized reporting on HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria using a set of core indicators that track progress in regional, continental and global commitments to the three diseases. Information collected also helps in assessing progress in the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Health.
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Minimum Standards for Child and Adolescent HIV,TB and Malaria Continuum of Care and Support
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
The Minimum Standards serve as a framework to guide the regional harmonisation of approaches for a continuum of care and support in HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria for children and adolescents in the SADC region. They set out the minimum requirements that reflect international recommendations, adding value to them by rendering them appropriate to the SADC context. The publication also promotes integrates approach to services such as health, education, social and child protection, food security and nutrition and psychosocial services.
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Minimum Standards for HIV and AIDS, TB, Hepatitis B and C and Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention Treatment Care and Support in Prisonsin the SADC Region
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
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Regional Minimum Standards for Harmonised Approaches to the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in the SADC Region
Date Signed: 2009-11-30
Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports
Issues: Issues, HIV & AIDS
Themes: Themes, Health, Communicable Diseases
Provides a harmonised framework for addressing key PMTCT issues as follows: prevention of HIV in women and couples, preventing unintended pregnancies, preventing transmission of HIV from infected women to their infants, and the provision of care and support for HIV–infected women, their infants and families, as well as the integration of PMTCT into maternal and child health services and sexual and reproductive health services.
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