Acknowledgements

This document was written by Rachel Baggaley. Some of the content has been based on an earlier draft by Alfred Chingono and Samuel Kalibala. However, many other sources were consulted, and we would like to thank the following people in particular for their considerable technical input into the development of this document:

Donald Balmer, Kenyan Association of Professional Counsellors, Nairobi, Kenya
Deborah Boswell, Thorn Park Training Centre, Lusaka, Zambia
Kathleen Casey, Albion Street Centre, Sydney, Australia
Alfred Chingono, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Harry Hausler, HIV/TB coordinator, Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
Mary Henderson, SAfAIDS, Harare, Zimbabwe
Christine Kolars Sow, Family Health International, Arlington, VA, USA
Karla Meursing, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
Praphan Phanuphak, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Heather Salt, Northwick Park Hospital, London
Prawate Tantipiwatanaskul, Suanprung Psychiatric Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Usa Thisyakorn, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Our thanks to all other colleagues from UNAIDS cosponsoring agencies and elsewhere who helped to clarify and focus the document in draft form.

We are also very grateful to

Ignatius Kayawe, Sr Shirley Mills, Gita Sheth, Staney Charma, Friday Nsalamo and the counselling staff and clients at Kara Counselling and Training Trust, Lusaka, Zambia, who have taken part in pilot testing, and Sarah Chippendale, Mike Jones, Danielle Mercy and the counselling/health promotion staff at the Mortimer Market Centre, London, and Rose Tobin and the counselling/health promotion staff at the Archway Centre in London.

The UNAIDS Responsible Staff Member was David Miller.