India and HIV
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- A policy guide to ending girl child marriage
- International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
- Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these g...
- Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in India
- L. Dandona; S.G. Prem Kumar; Y. Ramesh / BioMed Central, 2008
- Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is an important part of the effort to control HIV. PMTCT services are mostly provided at public sector government hospitals in India and systematic data is not readily available. This...
- How to promote equity and the empowerment of women in sexual and reproductive health
- Population Council, 2008
- Women’s heightened vulnerability to HIV is influenced by some of the major inequalities between women and men in various aspects of living. This manual aims to promote critical reflection on the social construction of gende...
- Preventative efforts needed to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemics in Asia
- Oxford University Press India, 2008
- This report from an independent Commission on AIDS in Asia provides an analysis of the developmental consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region, and its medium to long-term implications on the socioeconomic environment. The r...
- Report cards detail plans to strengthen HIV prevention strategies in 23 countries
- International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
- Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the...
- Food assistance and HIV: a step-by-step guide to integrated programming
- Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2007
- This guide from the FANTA project outlines key steps for integrating food assistance and nutrition into HIV programmes. It identifies key challenges to integrated HIV programming: inadequate understanding of how to address the overlap...
- Outlining the need for saving mechanisms for orphaned and vulnerable children in the labour force, India
- Dr. B. Gupta; M. R. Umarji / The India HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007
- This document is the result of a study commissioned to explore the need for institutional banking facilities among children in India orphaned by AIDS and children made vulnerable to HIV, and those children who lives in un-organised co...
- The impact of HIV and AIDS on children in South Asia
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- The report concludes that around ten million children are affected by HIV and AIDS in South Asia, and their prospects are bleak unless they get access to antiretroviral treatment. Stigma and discrimination are widespread and founded o...
- HIV-related stigma is common in Indian hospitals
- V. S. Mahendra; L. Gilborn; S. Bharat / Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2007
- This article published in the SAHARA Journal examines the prevalence of AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in three large hospitals in New Delhi, India. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with hospital staff and HIV-infec...
- Encouraging men's participation in HIV prevention
- Population Council, 2006
- Increasing recognition of the influence of norms supporting inequitable gender relations on HIV/STI risk and partner violence has led to the development of innovative programmes aimed at reducing this. This manual is adapted...
- Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)
- APCOM is coalition of governments, UN partners, donors, technical experts, non-government and community-based organisations, networks and groups that are directly working with men who have sex with men and HIV. Through increased participation and representation by MSM in regional and global bodies and conferences, APCOM seeks to scale up and increase attention to the needs of MSM in general and HI...
- Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM)
- Sangram is a voluntary organization that works at the grass root level with a lot of activists, volunteers and paid workers. It is slowly gaining importance as a practical training ground for other NGO’s and GO’s interested in working on HIV/AIDS in a rural context. SANGRAM started its work with women in prostitution and sex work from South Maharashtra and North Karnataka way back in 1...
- Oxford University Press India (OUP India)
- Oxford University Press (OUP) is the world's largest university press, publishing more than 4,500 new books a year; it has a presence in more than fifty countries and employs some 3,700 people worldwide. OUP in India is an integral part of the Press's worldwide organisation, and its publishing operations currently fall into three distinct areas: academic, general and reference, hi...
- The India HIV/AIDS Alliance
- The Indian branch of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
- SHARAN
- Drug use and treatment in marginalised communities
- Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Indian Medical Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Freely available online journal of Indian Community Medicine
- National AIDS Control Organisation, India (NACO)
- Offical web site of the Indian National AIDS Control Organisation
- Population Council
- The Council analyzes population issues and trends; conducts research in the reproductive sciences; develops new contraceptives; works with public and private agencies to improve the quality and outreach of family planning and reproductive health services; helps governments design and implement effective population policies; communicates the results of research in the population field to diverse au...
