Poverty
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- Protecting sex workers from violence and HIV risk in Cambodia
- ( C. Jenkins / USA Agency for International Development , 2006)
- As one of the few countries that have managed to check the spread of HIV, Cambodia is widely praised as a success story. This success is often attributed to the country's 100% condom programme. Howeve...
- The impact of demographic transformation on the health of the urban poor
- ( M. R. Montgomery / Population Reference Bureau , 2009)
- This bulletin, published by the Population Reference Bureau, provides a sketch of urban health in developing countries, documenting the intra-urban differences in health for a number of countries and ...
- 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, w...
- Uncovering popular misconceptions about generalised HIV/AIDS epidemics
- ( J. D. Shelton / The Lancet , 2007)
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This editorial from the Lancet outlines ten commonly held misconceptions about HIV epidemics that impede prevention efforts.
... HIV and hunger: community perspectives from Kitwe, Zambia
- ( N. Duck (ed);S. Hauenstein Swan (ed) / Action Against Hunger , 2008)
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This report documents the findings of Local Voices, a six month qualitative research project that provided HIV orphans, vulnerable children and their carers with the opportunity to discuss and docu...
- 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...
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