The Guidance Package is the outcome of a comprehensive, two-year process of research and analysis led by GNP+, ICW and Young Positives in collaboration with EngenderHealth, IPPF, UNAIDS, UNFPA and the WHO. Consultations were held in Addis Ababa (March 2006), Amsterdam (December 2007) and at LIVING 2008: The Positive Leadership Summit (August 2008) prior to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, as well as through an interactive internet discussion forum.