Annotated Bibliography: Voluntary Counselling and Testing

them. We're supposed to be friendly, but not friends. But as human beings you develop
relationships.
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(1999).
National HIV/AIDS Counsellor Accreditation and Minimum: Standards Policy Committee.
Ref Type: Unpublished Work
Ref ID: 505
Keywords: community/counsellor/counsellors/health/HIV/AIDS counselling/impact/lay
counselling/policies/policy/supervision/training
Abstract: The minimum Standards National Workshop in March 1998 was convened by the
HIV/AIDS Directorate of the National Department of Health to address the issue of counselling in
HIV/AIDS. This initiative recognises that counselling is a pivot component of the national
HIV/AIDS strategy. In many respects HIV/AIDS counselling could be considered the crux of the
national strategy as it is a multi-pronged service which directly impacts individuals, groups and
communities. In respect of service-delivery, a large group of HIV/AIDS lay counsellors are seen
as indispensable to the service delivery of the counselling component of the national strategy.
Consequently, it was acknowledged at the Minimum Standards National Workshop that there is
an urgent need for a consensus generated policy, process and structure which will facilitate the
provision of quality lay counselling, training and supervision. Significantly, the accreditation
structure is envisaged as the implementation structure for the minimum standards policy.
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Ref ID: 218
An overview of the AIDS Conference (2000). AIDS Analysis Africa, 11, 4-5.
Keywords: barriers/conference/Developing countries/NGO/response
Abstract: The XIII International AIDS conference, which was held in Durban in July 2000, was the
largest such conference ever to be held in a developing country. The theme break the silence
recognised the need to break down persistent prejudices and barriers and to allow for the
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