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    Missing the target #3: stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk

    International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006
    This update report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) shows that the global effort to provide universal access to HIV treatment is stagnating. Despite progress in some areas it looks like the commitment to achieving universal access to treatment by 2010 will be missed by over 5 million people.
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    Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue

    Journal of Development Studies, 2006
    This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies that explores persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers aim to break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty. The articles integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using longitudinal data and country case studies.
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    Saying one thing and doing another? Donors and reproductive health

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    While donors say they are committed to supporting integrated reproductive health services, evidence suggests that their actions cause programmes to remain as separate vertical programmes. What factors influence how donors operate and what are the implications for reproductive health services?
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    Integrating reproductive health: myth and ideology

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 1999
    This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, explores the gap between rhetoric on the integration of HIV and reproductive health services, and actual progress made. The paper compares the health systems of Ghana, Kenya and Zambia with that of South Africa to examine progress on integration since 1994.
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    Dreams & desires: sexual and reproductive health experiences of HIV positive women

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004
    This publication from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) explores the specific sexual and reproductive health issues facing HIV positive women.
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    The role of education in promoting young people’s sexual and reproductive health

    Centre for Sexual Health Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 2002
    This document outlines discussions from the Expert meeting for the Safe Passages to Adulthood programme, where researchers, practitioners and policy makers explored the potential of education to protect against HIV/AIDS, as well as the possible changes needed to enable the education system to respond more adequately.
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    Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

    Synergy Project, USAID, 2003
    This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.
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    Behaving badly? Young men and sexual health

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can young men change their attitudes to sex and sexual health? What methods can be used to challenge their views? Researchers from the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London and Southampton University considered ways of improving the sexual health of young men in developing countries.
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    How are African hospitals coping with the rising burden of HIV?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How is the HIV/AIDS epidemic affecting healthcare systems in developing countries? Can existing services cope? Two-thirds of people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Research by the UK Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has examined the effect of high HIV prevalence on healthcare services in Kenya and South Africa.
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    Insights Health Editorial: Delivering the goods - HIV treatment for the poor

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    HIV has spread like wildfire, causing untold suffering and death and creating profound development challenges. Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) are standard treatment for HIV in wealthy countries and should be included in a package of care for all infected people.

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