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  Failing women, withholding protection 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

  Oxfam, 2008

  Since the beginning of the HIV pandemic, many girls and women have struggled to protect themselves from infection, even when fully aware of the facts of HIV transmission.
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  Monitoring the UNGASS goals on sexual and reproductive health

  Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2008

  This report, collated by the Health Systems Trust, contributes to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) AIDS 2008 review process. It looks at the goals set by UNGASS to improve the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and how it hopes to achieve them.
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  I am at the lowest end of all: rural women living with HIV face human rights abuses in South Africa

  Amnesty International, 2008

  This report from Amnesty International investigates the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa, based on interviews with rural women living with HIV.
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  The World Bank’s Africa region HIV/AIDS agenda for action 2007-2011

  World Bank, 2007

  This document sets out the World Bank’s vision for tackling HIV and AIDS in Africa for the 5 years to 2011. The report recognises that there is no single pattern of HIV infection across sub-Saharan Africa, but a series of regional patterns, with some areas more acutely affected by HIV than others and even differences within countries.
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  Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing (“opt-out” approach) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in urban Zimbabwe

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  This paper from the World Health Organization aims to assess the impact of routine antenatal HIV testing for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in urban Zimbabwe.
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  Keep the best, change the rest: participatory tools for working with communities on gender and sexuality

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007

  Gender and sexuality are cross cutting factors in the transmission of HIV and the care and support of those infected and affected. Based on seminars and field experience in Zambia, this toolkit aims to enable those working on HIV and AIDS issues to address gender and sexuality effectively as well as giving guidance on building trust in the community. It looks speci
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  Models of care project: linking HIV/AIDS treatment, care and support in Sexual and Reproductive Health care settings

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2005

  This booklet from International Planned Parent Federation (IPPF) showcases different models of care using a variety of entry points to bring sexual and reproductive health (SRH) closer to HIV/AIDS. Four countries were chosen for pilot projects: the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Rwanda and Colombia.
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  Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

  BioMed Central, 2007

  This research article from BMC International Health and Human Rights reports high levels of approval for the routine HIV testing (RHT) approach practiced in the Botswana public health system since 2004.
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  Antiretroviral (ARV) factsheet - 02

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007

  This fact sheet from International HIV/AIDS Alliance contains basic information on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV. It explains how ARVs work to reduce the effects of HIV and allow those affected by the disease to live longer and healthier lives, but emphasises that this treatment is not a cure for HIV.
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  Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less improvement in other priority areas of HIV treatment. The coverage rate for access to prophylactic ART by pregnant women, to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus, continues to be low.

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