title: Realizing the Promise of the Global Plan: Engaging Communities and Promoting the Health and Human Rights of Women Living With HIV.
abstract: The Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive highlighted the need to put the health and well-being of women and mothers at the center of efforts to prevent vertical transmission. This article will examine a selection of community engagement practices in 3 key areas: (1) as an accountability tool, (2) in service delivery, and (3) as a facilitator of human rights. The lived experiences of women living with HIV as recipients of and participants in services for the prevention of vertical transmission provide both the framework for an exploration of best community engagement practices and suggestions for the way forward.
authors.affiliation: *International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), Nairobi, Kenya; †International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), Washington, DC; ‡Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), Brighton, United Kingdom; §Independent Consultant, International Community of Women Living with HIV, Harare, Zimbabwe; ‖mothers-2-mothers, Cape Town, South Africa; ¶World Vision International, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; #International Community of Women Living with HIV West Africa (ICW WA), Abuja, Nigeria; **International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICW EA), Kampala, Uganda; and ††International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matheson
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brion
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dilmitis
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kean
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Filous
authors.forename: Maurine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murenga
authors.forename: Esca
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scheepers
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ukoli
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mworeko
authors.forename: Anandi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuvaraj
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014480:United Nations