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Providers need training on meeting the contraceptive needs of women and couples with HIV, including providing non-directive, informed choice counseling and reducing stigma and discrimination for women living with HIV. [See also %{s:67}] Studies found that HIV-positive women were required to wait in separate waiting rooms and that because provider bias limited contraceptive options, providers needed additional training on the full range of contraceptive options. Other studies showed that providers have inaccurate knowledge concerning HIV and contraception.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Providers need training on meeting the contraceptive needs of women and couples with HIV, including providing non-directive, informed choice counseling and reducing stigma and discrimination for women living with HIV. [See %{c:15}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
1 study
Providers and HIV testing counselors need training on female condoms to promote use. Studies found that providers and counselors need training in order to be able to promote female condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study
Providers need training on meeting the contraceptive needs of women and couples with HIV, including providing non-directive, informed choice counseling and reducing stigma and discrimination for women living with HIV. [See %{c:15}]
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies
1 study
Integrated harm reduction programming is needed for sex workers who use drugs. Site visits and a meeting of service providers, NGOs and people who use drugs found that programs for drug users and sex workers are provided separately, with the result that drug using sex workers are excluded from most services.
Women Who Use Drugs and Female Partners of Men Who Use Drugs
1 study
HIV prevention programs are needed for WSW. Studies found that no training programs addressed the HIV-related needs of WSW, health providers discriminated against WSW and were refused treatment. WSW did not tell providers their sexual orientation and/or their relationships with men due to a need for non-judgmental services.
Women Who Have Sex With Women (WSW)
1 study
Enforcement of standard protocols is needed to reduce the risk of provider coercion in HIV testing, particularly in provider-initiated testing and counseling. Studies found that significant numbers of women reported that they could not refuse an HIV test or that HIV testing was mandatory.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
1 study
Services to provide sex workers with access to antiretroviral therapy in the same clinics that provide them with condoms, contraceptives, HIV testing and STI services are needed. A study found that sex workers, particularly HIV positive sex workers, wanted integrated comprehensive care to meet all their needs if they tested positive for HIV.
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Programs for male circumcision need to provide women, as well as men, with detailed factual knowledge of the benefits and risks of voluntary medical male circumcision. [See %{s:5}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
1 study
Health care provider training is needed to increase confidentiality and decrease discrimination against sex workers seeking health services. [See %{s:9}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
1 study
Additional efforts are needed to ensure confidentiality in testing. Studies found that women were tested without their consent and that providers did not protect women’s confidentiality.
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide HIV testing and counseling during labor and delivery that respects informed consent. [See %{c:11} and %{s:43}]
Delivery
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Teachers need increased training and clear educational policies regarding sexuality education to effectively provide HIV education. A study found that teachers did not have adequate training and support to provide HIV education; students preferred health personnel to provide AIDS education and that the Ministry of Education did not have clear policies on what can be taught.
Mitigating Risk
1 study
Interventions are needed to assist parents dying of AIDS with planning for the future well-being of their children. [See also %{s:61}] Studies found that many parents dying from AIDS had not written wills nor provided custody arrangements for their children.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
Further interventions to provide support programs, including counseling, are needed for AIDS-orphaned children and their caregivers to combat depression, social isolation and stigma. Studies found that AIDS orphans reported insufficient food, depression and stigma.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide prisoners with prevention information and condoms for at least conjugal visits. A study found that prisoners did not have basic information on how condom use reduces likelihood of HIV transmission.
Women Prisoners and Female Partners of Male Prisoners
1 study
Health care settings must address the needs of transgender people and reduce barriers to services. One study found that transgender women reported stigma, discrimination and violations of confidentiality by providers.
Transgender Women and Men
1 study
Additional efforts are needed to provide information and more contraceptive options for women living with HIV (or whose serostatus is unknown) who do not desire to have a child or wish to space the next pregnancy. [See %{c:15}]
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide pregnant and breastfeeding women with more food security in order to increase viral suppression. A study found that food insecurity was associated with lower odds of sustained virological suppression.
Antenatal Care - Treatment
1 study
Health care providers must have access to gowns, gloves, needle-less systems and eye protection to decrease the risk of occupational exposure to HIV. [See %{c:25}]
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