Developing HIV/AIDS work with drug users: a guide to participatory assessment and response
This guide describes how to design and carry out an assessment on HIV/AIDS and drug use based on a Participatory Assessment and Response (PAR) approach. This approach builds on the Alliance's work in integrating the Rapid Assessment and Response (RAR) and the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) approaches. It emphasises the importance of linking assessment activities with developing a response, the need to respond quickly to problems related to drugs and HIV/AIDS, and the importance of participation of affected communities in responding to the HIV/AIDS problem among drug users.