South Africa and HIV
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- The goals set by UNGASS to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South African and how it hopes to achieve them
- Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2008
- This report, collated by the Health Systems Trust, contributes to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) AIDS 2008 review process. It looks at the goals set by UNGASS to improve the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Afr...
- More research is needed to improve implementation of ART programmes in resource-poor settings
- M. Egger; A. Boulle; M. Schechter; P. Miotti / International Journal of Epidemiology, 2005
- This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings. In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where 90 percent of people with HIV...
- Report reveals the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa
- Amnesty International, 2008
- This report from Amnesty International investigates the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa, based on interviews with rural women living with HIV. Many women reported feeling at risk of violence when they sugges...
- Unproven ‘cures’ and counterfeit ARVs are widely used
- J. J. Amon / Globalization and Health, 2008
- This paper published in the journal Globalization and Health looks at anecdotal evidence that unproven AIDS ‘cures’ are widely used, and promoted by some countries’ governments, instead of evidence based antiretrovir...
- Comparative multi-country research into HIV/AIDS contributes to designing better health systems
- S. Dawad; N. Veenstra / Health Research Policy and Systems, 2007
- This report from Health Research Policy and Systems Journal states that comparative, multi-country research has been underutilised as a means to inform health system expansion in the developing world. The authors argue that in the con...
- Progress made in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother to child transmission of HIV
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2008
- This United Nations report shows progress in treating children with AIDS and preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, but urges greater efforts to stem the tide of the global epidemic. The report examines progress and c...
- Recognising variations in childcare for AIDS orphans
- K. Caroline; C. Don / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2007
- Although caring for children orphaned by AIDS is increasingly acknowledged as a priority area for HIV/AIDS and development programs, there is limited knowledge on caregivers. This paper by HEARD explores dominant theoretical and polic...
- Gender and sexual relations in South Africa
- N. N. Nyawo; R. Sathiparsad; M. Taylor / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, 2006
- Gender is a culture-specific construct, and the unequal power balance in gender relations that favours males has been shown to be associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This qualitative study explored the views of female high s...
- Is heterosexuality fuelling the HIV pandemic?
- P Jaffray / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, 2008
- This paper examines the issues relating to heterosexist notions of masculinity, femininity and sexuality within the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic currently being experienced in South Africa. From reviewing the current lite...
- Despite progress, statistics on child mortality, HIV prevalence rates and rape cases are worrisome and indicate that much more needs to be done.
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2006
- This document provides an overview of the burden and impact of HIV and AIDS in South African children and reviews the progress made in preventing HIV and mitigating its impacts on children and affected families. It lays out the bottle...
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