Horizons Reports on Care and Support in India: Special Focus on YRG CARE

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" On the Horizon " is an electronic news capsule from the Horizons Program.

Horizons (http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/horizons.html) is a global

operations research program designed to:

1) Identify and test potential strategies to improve HIV/AIDS prevention,

care, and support programs and service delivery.

2) Disseminate research findings and promote their utilization with the aim

of replicating and scaling up successful interventions.

Horizons Report December 2002

Care and Support in India: Special Focus on YRG CARE

Feature Stories:

" The Continuum of Care in Action " Indian NGO provides a model for

comprehensive, client-centered HIV/AIDS care.

" Balancing Client Needs and Organizational Sustainability " Economic study

shows potential for increasing NGO income for care and support programs with

resources at hand.

" Sharing Lessons Learned " Scaling-up care and support for PLHA requires

vision and flexibility.

Studies in Brief:

" Study s Patient-friendly Hospital Environment " New Delhi

" PLHA Involvement Strengthens Service Delivery, Improves Health " Burkina

Faso, Ecuador, Zambia, India

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http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/newsletter/horizons_report.html

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