What is SRH/HIV Integration?
There is increasing global recognition of the need to link and integrate SRH and HIV across policies, programs and services. Sexual and reproductive ill-health and sexual transmission of HIV infection share the same causes or contributors, including poverty, limited access to information, gender inequality, cultural norms, and social marginalization of the most vulnerable and at-risk populations. Women and men need access to services that promote synergistic sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention. Linkages and integration of SRH/HIV can occur at several levels and varying degrees within a health system. Linkages involves addressing structural issues that leave people vulnerable and integration involves the reorganization and reorientation of policies, programs and services to ensure the delivery of a set of essential interventions as part of the continuum of care for HIV prevention, care and treatment. Integration also consists of delivering multiple services or intervention
