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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Voluntary counselling and testing, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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    Community care, change, and hope: local responses to HIV in Zambia

    Synergy Project, USAID, 2004
    This case study from The Synergy Project documents a successful model for facilitating a strong community response to HIV and AIDS. The model was used in the Salvation Army Change programme in the Ndola and Choma districts of Zambia. It aims to build on local strengths and resources which enable ordinary people to address barriers to using HIV and AIDS information and services.
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    HIV/AIDS in Kenya: a review of research and policy issues

    Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004
    This paper examines the magnitude, distribution and causes of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, attempts to assess the success of policy responses, and reviews the literature concerning theoretical and empirical research approaches used in analysing the impacts of HIV/AIDS.Drawing on results from various secondary sources, the paper finds that:in 2001, there were around 2.5 million people living with
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    Scaling up HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Africa: what can evaluation studies tell us about potential prevention impacts?

    Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004
    This study, published by Cornell University, explores the impact of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) on risk behaviour in Africa by applying new questions and theoretical frameworks to existing evidence. The paper examines the claim that scaling up HIV VCT programmes in Africa will have major prevention benefits through reduction in risk behaviours.
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    Renewing our voice: code of good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS

    Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS, 2004
    HIV/AIDS is recognised as an unprecedented global development challenge. This code sets out a number of guiding principles which apply a human rights approach to the range of HIV/AIDS-specific health, development and humanitarian work undertaken by NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS.
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    Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities

    World Health Organization, 2004
    The HIV pandemic presents a massive challenge to the control of tuberculosis (TB) at all levels. Tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of morbidity and one of the leading causes of mortality in people living with HIV/AIDS.
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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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    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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    HIV/AIDS as a security issue in Africa: lessons from Uganda

    International Crisis Group, 2004
    This report is the third in a series on HIV/AIDS as a security issue from the International Crisis Group (ICG), and draws on the policy experience of Uganda. The report asserts that HIV/AIDS prevention and conflict prevention should go hand in hand: evidence suggests that war can lead to increased risks of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS can make conflicts worse.
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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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