AIDS, Poverty Reduction and Debt Relief - A Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Programmes into Development Instruments (UNAIDS, 2001, 48 p.): Appendix 2. Indicators

AIDS, Poverty Reduction and Debt Relief - A Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Programmes into Development Instruments (UNAIDS, 2001, 48 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Acronyms and abbreviations
		Foreword
		Summary
		1. Introduction
		2. The National AIDS Programme as a Contribution to Poverty Reduction
		3. The Essential HIV/AIDS Content in the PRSP and HIPC Documents
		4. Uses of Funds Released Through HIPC - Earmarking, Channeling, and Accountability
		5. Influencing Policies
		6. Conclusions
		References
		Appendix 1. Links between HIV/AIDS and Poverty
		Appendix 2. Indicators
		Appendix 3. Selected Websites on AIDS, Poverty and Debt Relief
		Back Cover

1. Overview of indicators by programme areas, tools for measurement, and priority for different epidemic states*

* Part of the Behavioural surveillance surveys (BSS): Guidelines for repeated behavioural surveys in population groups at risk for HIV

(C = Core indicator; A = Additional indicator)

Note: Country teams are encouraged to refer to the full text for definitions and to be highly selective in their use of indicators.

Programme area indicator	Priority Generalized epidemic	Priority Concentrated/low-level
Policy
1. Spending on HIV prevention	C	C
Condom availability and quality
1 Condoms available, nationwide	C	C
2 Condoms available, retail	C	A
Stigma and discrimination
1 Accepting attitudes toward HIV + people	C	C
2 Employers not discriminating	C	C
Knowledge
1. Knowledge of HIV prevention	C	C
Voluntary counselling and testing
1 People who requested test and received results	C	A
2 Districts with VCT services	C
3 VCT centres with minimum conditions	C	A
4 Quality of VCT laboratories	A	A
Mother-to-child transmission
1 Pregnant women counselled and tested	C
2 Antenatal clinics offering and referring for antenatal care	C
3 Quality HIV counselling for pregnant women	A
4 Provision of antiretroviral therapy	A
Sexual negotiation and attitudes
1 Women’s ability to negotiate safe sex	A
Sexual behaviour
1 Higher-risk sex in the last year	C	C
2 Condom use at last higher-risk sex	C	C
3 Commercial sex in last year	A	C
4 Condom use by clients at last paid sex	A	C
5 Condom use by sex workers with last client	A	A

2. Overview of indicators by programme areas, tools for measurement, and priority for different epidemic states*

* Part of the Behavioural surveillance surveys (BSS): Guidelines for repeated behavioural surveys in population groups at risk for HIV.

(C =C ore indicator; A = Additional indicator)

Note: Country teams are encouraged to refer to the full text for definitions and to be highly selective in their use of indicators.

Programme area indicator	Priority Generalized epidemic	Priority Concentrated/ low-level
Young people’s sexual behaviour
1 Median age at first sex	C
2 Young people having premarital sex	C	A
3 Condom use at last premarital sex	C	A
4 Young people with multiple partners	C	A
5 Condom use at last higher-risk sex	C	A
6 Condom use at first sex	A	A
7 Age-mixing in sexual relationships	A
Injecting drug use
1 Injecting drug users sharing equipment		C
2 Injecting drug users never sharing equipment		C
3 Drug injectors using condom at last sex		A
Blood safety/nosocomial transmission
1 Screening of blood units for transfusion	C	C
2 Reduction of blood transfusions	A	A
3 Districts/regions with blood bank	C	C
4 Accidental transmission in health care settings	A
STI care and prevention
1 Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of STI	C	C
2 Advice on prevention and HIV testing	C	C
3 Drug supply at STI care services	C	A
4 Treatment seeking for STI	A	C
Care and support
1 Medical personnel trained in AIDS	A	A
2 Health facilities with capacity to deliver care	C
3 Health facilities with drugs in stock	A
4 Households helped with care of young adults	C
5 Households helped with care of orphans	A
Health and social impact
1 HIV prevalence among pregnant women	C	C
2 Syphilis prevalence among pregnant women	C	C
3 HIV prevalence in sub-populations at risk	A	C
4 Prevalence of orphanhood	C
5 Schooling of orphans	A