A Question of Scale? The Challenge of Expanding the Impact of Non-Governmental Organisations' HIV/AIDS Efforts in Developing Countries

The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the wellbeing and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. Its New York headquarters supports a global network of regional and country offices. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is an international non-governmental organisation that supports communities in developing countries to prevent the spread of HIV, to support and care for those infected and to ease the impact of HIV on families and communities. Since its establishment in 1993, the Alliance has provided both financial and technical support to over 1,500 HIV/AIDS projects and has worked with NGOs and CBOs from over 40 countries. A report covering practical aspects of NGO experience of scaling up community work on HIV/AIDS, " Expanding community action on HIV/AIDS: NGO/CBO strategies for scaling up " , is available from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. This is the report of the third year of the " Community Lessons, Global Learning " collaboration between the Alliance and Positive Action, GlaxoSmithKline's Positive Action programme.