Key recommendations for a National Action Plan to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Women living with HIV
Through a peer-driven, evidence informed national consultation, we have created 5 key recommendations to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV. The recommendations were developed in partnership with representatives from the World Health Organization, based on the Consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV.
The 5 Key Recommendations:
The open-access paper
This paper (Kaida et al, Women’s Health 2022) provides the background and approach to identifying the five key recommendations to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV. It includes specific information on best practices across the topics of trauma-iand violence aware care; supporting safer HIV disclosure; reproductive justice; and resilience, self-efficacy, and peer support.
The one-pager
This one-page poster summarizes the key recommendations and includes a brief background. Sign the one-pager indicating your commitment to advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV and post it in your area visible to women accessing your space.
The implementation booklet
This document provides guidance on how to implement each of the 5 key recommendations to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV. Included are examples of best practices of the recommendation in Canada, supplementary info to learn more about implementation, and references to global documents that have informed this work. Use this booklet to learn from best practices and implement the key recommendations in your own work.
Community implementation
This webpage presents audio clips of women living with HIV and their allies describing what the key recommendations mean to them. It also includes additional examples of others putting the key recommendations into practice.