Citizenship and rights

Civil society recommendations for the UNGASS review political declaration

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This document outlines recommendations from civil society for the 2006 UNGASS (United Nations General Assembly Special Session) review meeting. The document argues that political failings stand in the way of effectively addressing the epidemic.

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A community-based approach to HIV and AIDS service provision: ( Médecins Sans Frontières , 2009); Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world, with an estimated 270,000 people living with
HIV and AIDS in the country, and 18,000 deaths annually of AIDS-related ...
Linking women’s mental and reproductive health: ( S. Allanson;J. Astbury;M. Bandyopadhyay / World Health Organization , 2009); This literature review examines the link between mental health and women’s reproductive health. It explores the key issues affecting women throughout the life cycle and provides an evidence b...
Toolkit on HIV stigma and gender-based violence reduction: ( R. Kidd;N. Prasad;M. Tajuddin / Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal, UNIFEM , 2007); This toolkit, published by the International Center for Research on Women, is a collection of participatory educational exercises for educating health care providers on the issues of stigma and gen...
The law and HIV/AIDS in prisons: ( R. Pearshouse / Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network , 2006); UNAIDS suggests that approximately 30 percent of new HIV infections outside sub-Saharan Africa are due to contaminated injection equipment. This model-law resource by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Netwo...
Preventing and treating HIV in prisons: ( United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , 2008); In many countries, the groups most vulnerable to HIV are also groups at increased risk of criminalisation and incarceration, as many of the same social and economic conditions that increase vulnerabil...