The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, with support from the A Day in the Life of Africa Foundation/Tides Foundation, the US Government, Harvard University and others, recently unveiled a new publication - From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings. The publication was launched at the International AIDS Society Conference in Mexico.
From the Ground Up is a three-volume publication containing practical guidance designed and written toward health care providers, managers, policy makers, and implementers, as well as the academic community. It seeks to improve and expand HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment efforts in resource-limited settings. More than 230 authors from many of the worlds leading public health institutions contributed to the text, sharing their first-hand experiences and recommendations for the benefit of the international HIV/AIDS community. All chapters are presented in a practical and accessible format, providing a comprehensive summary of crucial considerations for international HIV/AIDS programmes in the 21st century.
From the Ground Up will be published and made widely available to the public in November 2008. A second phase of the project that involves the creation of both a web-based and CD-ROM version of the book is also planned. These digital platforms, expected to begin development in early 2009, will support frequent updates to the information contained in the original print version of the text, as well as the addition of a growing body of related content.
