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HIV and AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Local Actions - Global Change

HIV and AIDS is a reality for almost 40 million people globally. The vast majority live in developing countries and many struggle with the dual burden of poverty and AIDS. Oxfam Ireland recognises that AIDS both undermines efforts to eradicate poverty and directly causes poverty. It also accounts for immeasurable suffering for millions who are infected with HIV and for those who live with its consequences. More than 20 million people have died of AIDS in the past twenty years and while there are some positive developments in isolated countries and situations, the trend is still upwards.

We also work alongside other members of the Oxfam family and other Non-Governmental Organisations in Ireland to keep HIV and AIDS high on both political and development agendas. Oxfam Ireland's HIV and AIDS programmes in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania enable locally-based community organisations to work effectively on prevention and care and work for a more just environment for those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. The programmes recognise the importance of addressing the gender dimensions of the epidemic and the way in which women and girls are adversely affected by cultural, traditional and social factors over which they have little control.

Read more about Oxfam Ireland's HIV and AIDS programmes in specific countries

Oxfam Ireland considers HIV and AIDS to be key to all of its work; we are therefore supporting staff and partner organisations in the Horn, East and Central Africa to make their work (in livelihoods or humanitarian) more relevant to AIDS. Oxfam International HIV mainstreaming programmes are supported in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, where Oxfam Ireland is also supporting livelihoods and humanitarian programmes. In these countries HIV and AIDS is addressed in the workplace and in programmes.

pdf Download the booklet: Experiences of Oxfam International on HIV Mainstreaming in ECA

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