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	.	Democratic Republic of Congo DHS 2007
	.	Cape Verde DHS 2005
	.	Zambia DHS 2007
	.	Tanzania AIS 2007


	MEASURE DHS conducts the only surveys that collect national, population-based HIV prevalence data. The project also collects data on internationally-recognized knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) indicators and on the capacity of health care facilities to deliver HIV prevention and treatment services.


	AIS and many DHS surveys provide nationally representative estimates of HIV rates. The MEASURE DHS testing protocol provides for anonymous, informed, and voluntary testing of women and men. Learn More>> Highlighted Resources: HIV Prevalence Statistics \| HIV Country Fact Sheets


	DHS and AIS surveys measure many AIDS related indicators, including knowledge of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS prevention methods, attitudes towards those with HIV/AIDS, and HIV/AIDS related behaviors such as higher-risk sex and HIV testing. Learn More>>


	DHS and AIS surveys measure many AIDS related indicators, including knowledge of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS prevention methods, attitudes towards those with HIV/AIDS, and HIV/AIDS related behaviors such as higher-risk sex and HIV testing. Learn More>>


	The HIV/AIDS SPA (Service Provision Assessment) focuses on the delivery of preventive care and support services. It provides data on all indicators in the President’s Emergency Plan, including voluntary counseling and testing, prevention of maternal-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, and antiretroviral therapy. Learn More>>

** The photographs in this material are used for illustrative purposes only; they do not imply any particular health status, attitudes, behaviors, or actions on the part of any person who appears in the photographs.

Header Photo, Bonnie Gillespie/Photoshare | A mother and her children under an insecticide treated net (ITN) in Uganda.

HIV Prevalence Photo, Fotodan/Photoshare | Miners in Chingola, Zambia, receive HIV/AIDS counseling at work.

HIV Knowledge . . . Photo, Bhaskar Dutta/Photoshare | A couple sits at the bank of a lake in Ahmedabad, India.

Qualitative Research Photo, Chandan Dey/Photoshare | An Indian woman drying sarees in the sun.

HIV SPA Photo, Mike Bailey/CCP | Female Health Worker in Zambia.

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MEASURE DHS
and the
President’s
Emergency Plan
forAIDS Relief

The Presidents Emergency plan for AIDS relief calls for prevention, treatment, and care for people with HIV and children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The Emergency Plan works in over 120 countries, with an emphasis on 15 countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. These countries, which are home to about 50% of HIV infections worldwide, are Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia. MEASURE DHS offers several survey instruments designed to collect data to monitor progress toward meeting the strategic goals set by the Emergency Plan, international agencies and national governments.

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