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  Alcohol use: summary of the findings from the Third National HIV Communication Survey

  Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa, 2012

  Alcohol use and abuse is an important risk factor for HIV infection in southern Africa. A number of studies have found a relationship between alcohol and HIV seropositivity. Alcohol is increasingly being recognised as an indirect contributor to the transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa as it is a key determinant of risky sexual behaviour.
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  Empower young women and adolescent girls: fast-track the end of the AIDS epidemic in Africa

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2015

  "To be effective, any health and development agenda needs to focus on the root causes of the gender gap, and the AIDS response is no different."
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  Access, Services and Knowledge (ASK) Programme - essential packages manual

  Youth Empowerment Alliance, 2014

  The Essential Packages Manual was produced as part of the "Access, Services and Knowledge" (ASK) programme of the Youth Empowerment Alliance, which seeks to improve the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of young people (15-24 years) by increasing their uptake of SRH services in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
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  Empowering each other: young people who sell sex in Ethiopia

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2015

  This 12-page case study discusses the experience of a peer education project in Ethiopia, which trained young people who sell sex to reach out to their peers and lead sexual and reproductive health and rights sessions, supported by trained nurses and a referral system for services.
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  Breaking down barriers: empowering young people living with HIV in Uganda

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2015

  "Link Up’s experience in Uganda demonstrates the success empowered young people living with HIV can have in achieving greater access to SRHR and HIV services for their peers. Building a strong team of peer educators who were visible and proud of their work proved the foundation for service provision in the project.”
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  Findings from the SASA! Study: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial To Assess the Impact of a Community Mobilization Intervention To Prevent Violence Against Women and Reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda

  BMC Medicine, 2016

  The need for HIV prevention efforts to more explicitly incorporate program elements to address gender inequality and violence has been repeatedly articulated, and the elimination of sexual and gender-based violence has been identified by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as being one of the core pillars of HIV prevention.
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  Visions, voices and priorities of young people living with and most affected by HIV

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2015

  This 30-page report shares perspectives and insights from young people from around the world living with and affected by HIV, who share their visions for realising and claiming their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and for setting priorities for HIV and SRHR integration.
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  HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, discrimination, and service accessibility of Nigeria's youth

  Population Council, 2014

  Nigerian youth continue to be a vulnerable group. The imbalance between high-risk sex, condom use in high-risk sex, and uptake of HIV testing raises concern for HIV prevention. This young population should have access to comprehensive SRH services and youth-focused sexuality education that goes beyond abstinence-only messages.
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  Shuga: engaging Tanzanian young people in HIV prevention through edutainment radio

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2014

  The Shuga radio serial drama is an evidence-based and participatory behaviour change communication edutainment drama designed to increase demand for HIV testing and counselling (HTC) and condom use among sexually active youth aged 15-24 years.
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  Community matters: fostering community-level champions in addressing HIV and gender-based violence in Tanzania

  EngenderHealth, 2014

  Local activists, leaders, and experts are best positioned to challenge the harmful social and gender norms within their communities that contribute to HIV transmission, gender-based violence (GBV), and other poor health outcomes.

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