Reproductive Health resources from RHRC Consortium   The Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of two new resources, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: A Short Course for Humanitarian Workers Facilitator’s Manual and Guidelines for the Care of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Conflict-affected Settings.  Developed by the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children on behalf of the RHRC Consortium, these resources aim to assist field-based clinical care staff and humanitarian workers in the prevention, care, and control of HIV/AIDS and STIs in conflict and post-conflict settings.  HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: A Short Course for Humanitarian Workers Facilitator’s Manual The 5 day course on HIV/AIDS prevention and control is aimed at assisting humanitarian workers to deepen their individual understanding of the complexities of HIV/AIDS and to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to improve HIV/AIDS program design and implementation in their communities.  Two CD Roms accompany the manual and contain PowerPoint presentations, posters, handouts, and additional resources for use both during the course and for supplemental research.  Also included in the HIV/AIDS manual are audio interviews with a group of HIV positive students from South Africa who share their stories, allowing course participants to personalize the HIV/AIDS issue.      Guidelines for the Care of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Conflict-affected Settings The STI Guidelines provide a framework for clinic-based care of STIs and are aimed at individuals and organizations concerned with improving the quality of care of STIs in conflict-affected settings.  The Guidelines will help health coordinators, program managers and technical advisors to take action to combat STIs. While technical components for clinical health workers are included, the Guidelines also provide non-clinical staff with insight into an important public health issue. The Guidelines were developed to show that effective STI care requires investment in technical capacity to design and implement appropriate, technically sound programs. Moreover, the Guidelines demonstrate that effective service delivery must include reliable data, drug management, training and supervision, as well as effective clinic care. Finally, advocacy is highlighted as an essential tool to ensuring that STI control receives the necessary attention in conflict-affected settings.   The HIV/AIDS manual may be downloaded from the RHRC Consortium website at <http://www.rhrc.org/resources/sti/hivaidsmanual/>.  The STI Guidelines are available on the Consortium website as PDF and zipped files at <http://www.rhrc.org/resources/sti/>.  If you would like to request a hard copy of either the facilitator’s manual or the guidelines, please contact info@rhrc.org <mailto:info@rhrc.org>.  Please feel free to provide your readers with a link to these two documents found within the RHRC Consortium website.  The Consortium’s homepage is available for viewing at www.rhrc.org <http://www.rhrc.org>.   We also welcome the inclusion of these resources into any trainings or outreach you may undertake in your programs.