The Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS was developed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), for NGOs, drawing on the knowledge and experience gained since the response to HIV began.

The Code sets out the key principles, practice and evidence base required for successful responses to HIV/AIDS with the aim of:

• assisting NGOs to improve the quality and cohesiveness of our work and our accountability to partners and beneficiary communities 
• fostering greater collaboration between the variety of NGOs now actively engaged in responding to the AIDS pandemic
• renewing the 'voices' of NGOs responding to HIV by enabling us to commit to a shared vision of good practice in programming and advocacy

The Code of Good Practice for NGOs has developed a range of self-assessment tool to assess whether an organisation measures up to the good practice principles. These self-assessment of responding to HIV/AIDS consist of 21 different questionnaire covering the following areas:

•          Advocacy
•          Children and HIV
•          Community Capacity Building
•          Community Home-Based Care for PLHIV
•          Financial Management 
•          Getting closer - Linking HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health 
•          Governance
•          Harm Reduction
•          HIV in Emergencies 
•          HIV Prevention
•          Human Rights and HIV 
•          Key Populations
•          Mainstreaming HIV
•          Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV
•          Meaningful Involvement of Women & Girls living with HIV (MIWA)
•          Men, Boys, and HIV 
•          Monitoring and Evaluation
•          Stigma and Discrimination
•          Treatment, Care and Support
•          Voluntary Counselling and Testing
•          Women, Girls and HIV