Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals

This module is designed to improve the awareness, knowledge and skills of health professionals on poverty and gender concerns in the field of HIV/AIDS. Experience increasingly shows that the socioeconomic factors contributing to the rapid spread of HIV in the Region include low education, limited access to health care services and increased mobility within and between countries — factors that are largely determined by poverty and gender inequality. The growing commitment to curbing the HIV/...