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This guide is intended for use by qualified health-care providers (medical doctors, clinical officers, midwives and nurses) who are working in humanitarian emergencies or other similar settings, and who wish to develop specific protocols for the medical care of survivors of sexual violence and Intimate Partner Violence. It contains a specific annex on Protocols for post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection.

This Frontline AIDS evidence brief sets out, for the first time, a clear framework demonstrating the effects of the climate crisis on HIV. Alongside the framework, there are case studies from community-based partners: Alive Medical Services, Zvandiri, and MENAHRA.

This 2023 NGO Report builds on the 2018 NGO Report titled People on the move. It is intended to be a user-friendly document which, among other things, expands our understanding of humanitarian emergencies and contributes to the development of a minimum package of services for people living with HIV during humanitarian emergencies.

The Global Fund continues supporting eligible applicants sustain the provision and continuity of essential prevention, testing and treatment services for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria during emergency situations. The guidelines aim to support countries when reinvestment of existing Grant Funds is not possible or requires extended processing time

The Challenging Operating Environments (COEs) Policy aims to systematize the Global Fund’s approach in COEs and to provide overall guidance on future Global Fund engagement in these contexts. It codifies the Global Fund commitment to “improve effectiveness in COEs through innovation, increased flexibility and partnership. The Policy is guided by analytical work conducted by several consultations with external partners and also draws heavily on the experience and expertise of Global Fund country teams.

Standardized guidance to conduct inter-agency assessments on HIV-related needs of IDPs. Fosters agreement on common objectives for HIV intervention programmes as well as operational synergy. It is appropriate to use this tool with IDP (and host) populations affected by conflict or by natural disasters. The guidance includes tools for carrying out HIV related needs assessments in displaced situations. The primary intended users of this rapid HIV situation assessment tool are programme planners and implementers, primarily at central and sub-national levels.Governments, UN agencies and NGOs are all likely users of this tool.

This Handbook guides gender-based violence (GBV) coordinators and the wider humanitarian community in taking concrete action from preparedness through recovery. It emphasizes collaborative efforts across sectors and organizations for unified prevention, response, and risk mitigation strategies to effectively address gender-based violence. It considers HIV as a cross-cutting issue.

This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a gender-based violence (GBV) sub-cluster in a humanitarian emergency. It aims to assist humanitarian actors and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, implement, monitor and evaluate essential action for the prevention and mitigation of GBV) across all sectors of humanitarian action. It considers HIV as a cross-cutting issue.

Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 guide the health sector in implementing strategically focused responses to achieve the goals of ending AIDS, viral hepatitis B and C and sexually transmitted infections by 2030.

Set of guidelines and standards for humanitarian response in disaster and conflict situations. It includes general guidelines that mainstream considerations related to HIV and specific vulnerable populations, ensuring that all affected individuals receive equitable and appropriate assistance. SPHERE provides minimum standards for health, nutrition, food security, WASH and shelter. HIV is addressed as a vulnerability.