HIV and AIDS
- Born, lived and died - but counted or not?
- This brief - which is the second in the series of "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'" - explains the importance of knowing who dies of what, and how we can establish cause-of-death information in the absence of formally recorded deaths.
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- How do we know who dies of what?
- ( Knowledge Services, IDS , 2012)
- "Born, lived and died - but counted or not?" is the second in the "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'" series. It was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partne...
- Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal
- ( L. Ghimire;W.C.S. Smith;E.R.V. Teijlingen / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health ...
- HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among at-risk groups in Lebanon
- ( Z. Mahfoud;R. Afifi;S. Ramia / International AIDS Society , 2010)
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Preventing HIV among at-risk groups can help to curb the spread of HIV to the general population. The objectives of this paper is to measure HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among female ...
- HIV among MSM in the Middle East and North Africa
- ( G. Mumtaz;N. Hilmi;W. McFarland / PLoS Medicine , 2011)
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionately higher burden of HIV infection than the general population. The objective of this review is to demonstrate the evidence on the epidemiology...
- HIV and AIDS research findings from the Middle East and North Africa
- ( W. McFarland;L.J. Abu-Raddad;Z. Mahfoud / International AIDS Society , 2011)
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Of all areas of the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) may engender the most perceptions and misperceptions about the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the face of a scarcity of accessible data....
