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  Long-term evaluation of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual health programme in rural Mwanza, Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial

  MEMA kwa Vijana, 2008

  MEMA kwa Vijana (MkV) is an adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) programme working in schools, health facilities and communities in Tanzania.
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  School-based HIV prevention programmes for African youth

  Social Science and Medicine, 2003

  The high rate of HIV infection among youth in Africa has prompted both national and international attention.
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  Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial

  International AIDS Society, 2007

  Young people in the rural African population are at high risk of adolescent pregnancy and STIs, with a low incidence of condom use and a high proportion entering into sexual activity. This report in the official journal of the International AIDS Society shows how the impact of a multicomponent intervention programme on the sexual health of adolescents was assessed in rural Tanzania.
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  Preventing HIV/AIDS in young people: a systematic review of the evidence from developing countries

  World Health Organization, 2006

  There is now wide consensus about the main settings through which young people can be reached with HIV/AIDS preventive interventions. These include schools, health services, mass media and through community and outreach programmes targeting the young people who are most at risk of HIV.
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  Family life education: a handbook for adults working with youth from a Christian perspective

  Family Health International, 2008

  Whilst many youth attend churches, faith leaders often do not address issues related to sexuality. Church groups have taken a leadership role in helping HIV orphans, but few have worked as vigorously with youth regarding prevention of HIV and pregnancy. This handbook seeks to encourage open discussion about sexuality, reproductive health, and HIV in the context of faith communities.
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  Tell me more! Children’s rights and sexuality in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa

  Child Rights Information Network, 2007

  This report is an overview of the strategies children adopt for dealing with sexuality and relationships in the face of the HIV/AIDS scourge in sub-Saharan Africa. It is aimed at providing stakeholders with a coherent rights-orientated and child-oriented knowledge base to advocate for the development of a sexual and reproductive health agenda.
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  Researching gender: explorations into sexuality and HIV/AIDS in African contexts

  Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2007

  This report from the Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) demonstrates that working with children using a gender-sensitive life-cycle approach to HIV yields social and health benefits.
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  Low prevalence of HIV infection, and knowledge, attitude and practice on HIV/AIDS among high school students in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

  Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2007

  This paper from the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development investigates the prevalence of HIV infection and to assess personal knowledge, attitude and practice related to HIV/AIDS in Gondar; northwest Ethiopia. A total of 565 students were included in the study. The report found:
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  Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: risk factors and missed opportunities for prevention among pregnant women attending health services in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2007

  Vertical transmission or mother-to-child transmission, is the main source of the HIV infection in children.
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  Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity, a training manual

  Population Council, 2006

  Increasing recognition of the influence of norms supporting inequitable gender relations on HIV/STI risk and partner violence has led to the development of innovative programmes aimed at reducing this. This manual is adapted from once such programme, “Program H: Working with Young Men Series”, developed in Brazil by Instituto PROMUNDO.

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