Technical Reports

Pangaea’s programs are based on existing evidence and are designed to generate information and knowledge to share with the global community on how best to reach and serve the most at risk and vulnerable populations. Specific types of research undertaken by Pangaea staff and consultants include:

  • Formative assessments required to identify issues and areas in need of intervention, and the best strategies for intervention
  • Rigorous monitoring and evaluation of individual projects
  • Operations research for continuous improvement and identification of best practices
  • Impact evaluation

Recent examples of Pangaea's technical reports include:

HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users: Strengthening U.S. Support for Core Interventions, CSIS Global Health Policy Center, April 2010

Report from the Expert Consultation on Implementation Science Research: A Requirement for Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Scale-Up,”July 23-24, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. Sponsored by Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation.

Pangaea also makes available training manuals and other resources:

For example,, Pangaea researchers have led the development of SHAZ! (Shaping the Health of Adolescents in Zimbabwe) – an HIV prevention intervention and research study in Zimbabwe that empowers adolescent female orphans to avoid sexual risk behaviors by improving economic opportunities and linking them to life skills-based HIV education and clinical care.  

As a resource for others in the field, Pangaea is pleased to be able to make available the SHAZ! Facilitator's Guide in two forms -- the first focused on primary prevention for participants who are HIV negative and the second on secondary prevention and improved/positive living for infected individuals. The SHAZ! Life Skills curriculum aims to provide Discussion Group Facilitators with ideas and information that guide discussion around communication, relationships, reproductive health, sexuality, HIV/AIDS information and prevention, confronting the reality vs risk, strategies for negotiating and violenceagainst women. This guide prepares adolescent girls and women to take action to protect themselves and promote their own health. 

 

 

 


 

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