Children and young people

Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: a summary review

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The paper reviews evidence on the factors that contribute to the healthy development of children generally, the construction of gender and sexuality in childhood and adolescence, and indicates how gender identities and relations can make children and girls especially vulnerable to infection.

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a new measure for measuring programme effectiveness: ( E.M. Stringer;B.H. Chi;N. Chintu / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2008); This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization proposes a new method for evaluating prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes. The authors suggest that HIV-...
New blood test simplifies process of diagnosing HIV in infants: ( Pathfinder International , 2007); Unless an infant infected with HIV in Africa receives prophylactic antibiotics soon after birth and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) as soon as is medically indicated, it has a 35 per cent chance of dying...
Prevalence of HIV is low amongst high school students in northwestern Ethiopia: ( G. Andargie / Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , 2007); This paper from the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development investigates the prevalence of HIV infection and to assess personal knowledge, attitude and practice related to HIV/AIDS in Gondar; north...
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 developin...
Poor infant feeding practice is common in South Africa and results in increased rates of HIV transmission: ( T Doherty;M Chopra;D Jackson / Health Systems Trust, South Africa , 2007); Poor infant feeding practice can result in the transmission of HIV from mother to child. This policy brief from the South African Medical research Council describes the quality of infant feeding in th...