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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS, HIV and AIDS citizenship and rights, Sex workers and the sex industry, Key populations, HIV and AIDS vulnerable groups

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    The vulnerability related with AIDS in China

    Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide, 2005
    This short note, prepared for a UNAIDS workshop on Vulnerability and AIDS, describes experiences of vulnerability in relation to HIV and AIDS in China. The author describes: experiences of contracting HIV through blood transfusion in China; risk taking behaviour as a means to escape poverty; and how HIV infection can be a result of health systems failure.
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    Implications of U.S. policy restrictions on programs aimed at commercial sex workers and victims of trafficking worldwide

    Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2005
    This policy brief from CHANGE, examines the implications of the United States (US) Global AIDS Act, which bars the use of federal funds to promote, support or advocate the legalisation or practice of prostitution. The brief outlines how these policies and restrictions have numerous adverse implications for effective HIV prevention and the promotion of human rights and public health.
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    Risky sex, addictions, and communicable diseases in India: implications for health, development, and security

    Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2004
    This paper, produced by the Theoretical Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, looks at alcohol and drug abuse, as well as risky sexual behaviour - seen as the leading risk factors for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, other STIs - and how they could potentially impact on India’s national stability and security.
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    Risk, morality, and blame: a critical analysis of government and U.S. donor responses to HIV infections among sex workers in India

    Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2004
    This paper examines the scope and effectiveness of strategies being used by the Government of India - with bilateral development assistance from the United States - to address the vulnerabilities of adult female sex workers in the commercial sex industry.
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    Health and human rights

    The Lancet, 2003
    This feature consists of three seperate articles that address issues around the rights of sex workers The first piece, 'Public health and the human rights of sex workers ' argues that sex workers are often seen as immoral people or as victims of unscrupulous traffickers who exploit the lack of opportunities of deprivileged inhabitants of mostly poor countries and that public he
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    Young people and HIV/AIDS: responding to the new Asian crisis

    Save the Children Fund, 2001
    This report provides examples of a number of Save the Children projects in Asian countries where the focus has been on children affected by HIV/AIDS and/or prevention efforts focused on children and young people.The authors outline the organisation's policy and approach with regard to tackling issues such as stigma, the child sex trade and education.

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