PLA Notes 37 February 2000 4 Ain't misbehavin' : beyond individual behaviour change

Document begins: PLA Notes 37 February 2000 4 Ain't misbehavin' : beyond individual behaviour change Jerker Edström with Arturo Cristobal, Chulani de Soyza and Tilly Sellers infection, but are not directly related to her/his ! Introduction behaviour. Some obvious examples would include: ! The International HIV/AIDS Alliance supports access to risk/harm reducing technology, `linking organisations' in various developing such as condoms or clean needles; countries which, in turn, support local non- ! power of the individual to make her/his governmental organisations (NGOs) to carry own choices; out HIV/AIDS activities with local ! elevated biological vulnerability to communities. Such linking organisations infection; e.g. as a result of having a pre- include HIV/AIDS/STD Alliance Bangladesh existing Sexually Transmitted Disease (HASAB), the Philippine HIV/AIDS NGO (STD); Support Programme (PHANSuP), Alliance ! infection levels within the broader Lanka in Sri Lanka and the Khmer HIV/AIDS community and partners; and NGO Alliance (KHANA) in Cambodia. As ! lack of knowledge of own or partners' linking organisations started mobilising HIV sero-status (i.e. whether infected or community groups to respond to AIDS in their not). respective countries (in the mid 1990s) they found that the majority of NGOs wanted to Whilst there are certain behavioural aspects to ...