Faith-based HIV response in post-Soviet Eastern Europe: the case of Channels of Hope in Russia, Romania, and Armenia. Issue 5 (4th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: le Roux, Elisabet
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 27:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 658
• Page End: 669
• Publication Date: 2017-07-04
• Subjects: Social sector – HIV/AIDS and sexual health -- Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS -- Sub-Saharan Africa; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1327022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Most of the data available on faith-based HIV response focus on Africa, which is the heart of the pandemic. This article investigates faith-based community-level HIV responses within Eastern Europe, by studying the implementation of World Vision International's "Channels of Hope" faith-based HIV intervention. The intervention approach was developed in a high HIV-prevalence setting (South Africa) and then implemented across sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere – including three low HIV-prevalence Eastern European settings (Armenia, Romania, and Russia). Drawing from implementation and evaluation research, this article explores the nature, challenges, and potential of faith-based HIV response within low-prevalence, post-Soviet contexts.