Guidelines for Inclusion of Individuals with Disability in HIV/AIDS Outreach Efforts

Abstract

This paper is intended to provide guidelines for the inclusion of individuals with pre-existing disabilities in HIV/AIDS outreach efforts. It is based on a synthesis of materials collected in the course of the Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability by the World Bank and Yale University. (World Bank: 2004) The strategies for interventions proposed here can provide a framework upon which disability advocates and HIV/AIDS advocates, educators and policy makers can begin to build interventions and support mechanisms for 'at-risk' disabled populations.