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  Kenya National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP)

  The Kenyan National AIDS and STI’s Control Programme (NASCOP) was established in 1987 to spearhead the Ministry of Health’s interventions on the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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  A Kenyan newspaper analysis of the limitations of voluntary medical male circumcision and the importance of sustained condom use

  BMC Public Health, 2015

  This analysis of Kenyan media treatment of condom use has the objectives of: (1) investigating promotion messages in a popular online newspaper to determine how the limitations of male circumcision are represented, and whether condom use is still being promoted; and (2) gaining insight into popular understandings of the limitations of this new procedure through newspaper reader comments.
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  National response to disability and HIV in eastern and southern Africa

  2010

  Despite the significant intersection between HIV and disability, people with disabilities have been largely ignored within national responses to HIV and AIDS, and existing HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programmes generally fail to meet their specific needs.
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  Disability rights, HIV/AIDS in east and southern Africa: considerations for policy and practice

  2010

  Recent studies amongst people with disabilities (PWD) in selected African countries suggest that rates of HIV infection are at least similar to, or higher than those of the general population. Despite such studies, PWD have not been routinely identified as a vulnerable population to be integrated within national strategic plans on HIV and AIDS (NSPs) in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA).
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  Effectiveness of an integrated intimate partner violence and HIV prevention intervention in Rakai, Uganda: analysis of an intervention in an existing cluster randomised cohort

  The Lancet, 2015

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with HIV infection. This article aimed to assess whether provision of a combination of IPV prevention and HIV services would reduce IPV and HIV incidence in individuals enrolled in the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS), Rakai, Uganda.
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  Evaluation of Season Two of the television drama series, Intersexions

  2015

  Intersexions I was a multi-award winning series, receiving eleven South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), the Screen Excellence Award for best drama, the AfricommNet award for best mass media and the internationally acclaimed Peabody Award.
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  Uganda joint behaviour change communication survey

  Knowledge for Health, 2015

  This report discusses findings from a survey to evaluate health behaviour change communication interventions supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Uganda, under the AFFORD/Uganda Health Marketing Group together with other implementing partners in Uganda.
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  HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, discrimination, and service accessibility among Africa’s youth: insights from a multi-country study

  Population Council, USA, 2015

  At the individual level, youth lack access to appropriate SRH [sexual and reproductive health] information and confidential, low-cost, and stigma-free SRH services.
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  An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist

  BMC Psychology, 2015

  As healthcare systems work under increasingly dynamic and resource-constrained conditions, evidence-based strategies are essential in order to ensure that research investments maximize healthcare value and improve public health. Implementation science plays a critical role in supporting these efforts.
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  Children in Barbados and the eastern Caribbean: child rights - the unfinished agenda

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2009

  This report provides profile overviews of the socio-economic situation and main issues situation of children in ten Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean.

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