Poverty
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- New tool aims to measure the impact of HIV/AIDS on households
- ( Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network , 2004)
- This project from the Food, Agriculture and Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) aims to measure the social and financial effects of the HIV epidemic on households and communities. FANRPAN developed a co...
- A greater understanding of the relationship between poverty and HIV is essential
- ( P Piot;R Greener;S Russell / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2007)
- This report from UNAIDS highlights the differences between the effects of AIDS on poverty, and the effects of poverty upon the risk of acquiring HIV. HIV and poverty are linked but the report sites re...
- There is a significant relationship between food insecurity and rates of HIV infection in Nigeria
- ( J. L. Oyefara / Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance , 2007)
- This study published in the SAHARA Journal examines the role of hunger and food insecurity in the sexual behaviour of female commercial sex workers in Lagos, Nigeria within the context of HIV/AIDS. In...
- Promoting gender equality and sexual rights through HIV prevention education
- ( Solange Rocha / Exchange , 2007)
- This issue of Exchange argues that a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention must include a commitment to promoting sexual and reproductive rights and to creating social change. The magazine highligh...
- Creating a positive sexual rights approach in development policy
- ( Susie Jolly;Sonia Correa / Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden , 2006)
- This paper from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Expert Group on Development Issues calls for a new approach to sexuality and development. It argues that development policy has mainly concentra...
- Poverty, primary healthcare and adherance support are key to successfully scaling up access to HIV treatment
- ( Joia Muckherjee;Louise Ivers;Fernet Leandre;Paul Farmer;Heidi Behforouz / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , 2006)
- This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that the scale up of HIV testing and treatment cannot be done without improving access to primary healthcare. It al...
- Growing potency and popularity of cannabis needs attention
- ( United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , 2006)
- This report, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, provides an overview of illicit drug trends internationally. Volume One analyses the trends of how drugs are produced, trafficked and us...
- Responding to the impact of HIV on poor urban housholds
- ( E. Nkurunziza; C. Rakodi / International Development Department, University of Birmingham , 2005)
- This paper from the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham in the UK, examines the impact of HIV on the livelihoods of poor urban households. It outlines the existing res...
- Sex work needs to be seen from a livelihoods perspective
- ( M. O'Donnell; M. Khozombah; S. Mudenda / Save the Children Fund , 2002)
- Recommended reading
- This report, from Save the Children (SC), explores the links between commercial sex work and food security in a fishing community in northern Zimbabwe. The authors found that one of the coping strateg...
- Can understanding its history help the response to the HIV epidemic in Africa?
- ( P. Denis; C. Becker / Reseau Senegal: Droit, Ethique et Sante , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This online book from the Senegalese Network: Law, Ethics, Health, examines the historical development of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together work by historians, anthropologists...
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