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    Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities

    British Medical Journal, 2004
    This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reach the poorest populations. This is because the poorest mothers are more likely to deliver at home than in a health facility.
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    HIV prevention in maternal health services: a training guide

    EngenderHealth, 2004
    This training manual, produced by EngenderHealth, provides guidance on how to integrate prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into maternal health services. Its objective is to build the capacity of programme managers and staff to meet the HIV and STI needs of women who are pregnant or who have given birth.
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    HIV-positive women report more lifetime partner violence: findings from a voluntary counseling and testing clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    American Journal of Public Health, 2002
    This study explores the link between HIV and violence against women (VAW) by comparing the experiences of partner violence between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Tanzania. The study found that the odds of reporting at least one violent event were significantly higher among HIV-positive women than among HIV-negative women.
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    2003 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS), Nigeria

    HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2003
    This National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey for Nigeria was conducted in 2003 and consulted over 10 000 people, aged 15 – 64.
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    Voluntary HIV counselling and testing: module 5

    World Health Organization, 2003
    This manual, produced by the World Health Organisation, attempts to outline the key activities and information involved in training staff in voluntary HIV counselling and testing, and also provides guidance on how to train trainers. Module 5 of the manual deals with voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) service delivery and programme management. The module is split into eight sub modules.
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    Focus on confidential counselling in sexual and reproductive health

    EU/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia, 2001
    This fact sheet, produced by the EC/UNFPA initiative for reproductive health in Asia (RHI), explores the need for confidential counselling in sexual and reproductive health (SRH). It finds that confidentiality is essential for establishing trust and respect as the basis of the relationship between client and counsellor.
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    VCT toolkit: a guide to establishing voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV

    Family Health International, 2002
    This toolkit, produced by Family Health International (FHI) offers practical guidance on how to design, implement and monitor voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services for HIV. The toolkit is divided into two sections. The first focuses on establishing VCT services, and provides guidelines on assessment, design and implementation at national, district and facility levels.
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    Manual for reducing drug-related harm in Asia

    Centre for Harm Reduction, Melbourne, 2003
    This updated edition of the 1999 manual from The Centre for Harm Reduction provides a comprehensive guide to HIV/AIDS programming for injecting drug users (IDUs) in Asia. Following an overview of the HIV epidemic among IDUs in Asia, the manual details the rationale for harm reduction, and examines how this can be balanced and integrated with supply and demand reduction approaches.
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    The Zambia HIV/AIDS workforce study: preparing for scale-up

    US Agency for International Development, 2004
    Anticipating significant scale-up of its current HIV/AIDS services, the Zambian Central Board of Health commissioned this study of the human resource implications. The study collected data at 16 government, NGO, and private for-profit sites across Zambia that currently provide VCT, P-MTCT, and ART services.
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    Guidelines for HIV surveillance among tuberculosis patients: second edition

    World Health Organization, 2004
    These World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines aim to provide a framework for measuring HIV prevalence among patients with tuberculosis (TB), and to encourage implementation of HIV surveillance. The document is intended for managers of national tuberculosis programmes (NTP) and national AIDS programmes (NAP), and public health decision-makers at both national and sub-national level.

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