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    Impact of HIV and sexual health education on the sexual behaviour of young people: a review update

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998
    To assess the effects of HIV/AIDS and sexual health education on young people’s sexual behaviour, a comprehensive literature review was commissioned by the Department of Policy, Strategy, and Research of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Sixty-eight reports were reviewed.
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    Case Study of the Women's Health Care Foundation, Quezon City, Philippines

    Family Health International, 1997
    The Women's Health Care Foundation seeks to expand women's health care services "beyond the womb." Established in 1980, the Foundation works to meet the diverse health needs of Philippine women throughout their life cycle, broadening services beyond the traditional maternal-child health programs to include services for adolescents and postmenopausal women; counseling on sexually transmitted disea
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    HIV and Infant Feeding: A Chronology of Research and Policy Advances and their Implications for Programs

    Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1997
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    Researchers identify a simple, inexpensive drug regimen that is highly effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA, 1999
    A joint Uganda-U.S. study has found a highly effective and safe drug regimen for preventing transmission of HIV from an infected mother to her newborn that is more affordable and practical than any other examined to date.
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    Literature Review on Adolescent Reproductive Health Studies Conducted in Tanzania 1988 - 1998

    Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1999
    Reviews all available adolescent reproductive health (ARH) documents and published articles on studies conducted or published in Tanzania in the past ten years (1988-1998). The study also includes as a background a review of some ARH studies carried out in Tanzania and Africa and in Tanzania before 1988.
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    Prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child: Strategic options

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15 years. In countries where blood products are regularly screened and clean syringes and needles are widely available, it is virtually the only source in young children.Paper reviews methods for forming a national policy on prevention and treatment.
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    Improving Reproductive Health: The Role of the World Bank

    Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999
    Reproductive health is not merely the absence of disease or disability. It is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that women and men have a right to a safe sex life, and to reproduce if and when they wish.
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    Mother-to-child transmission of HIV

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000
    Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the overwhelming source of HIV infection in young children. Of the 3 million infants infected with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic, about 90% have been born in Africa. However, the number of cases in India and South-East Asia appears to be rising rapidly.
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    Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    This document presents three sets of studies on the determinants of HIV-related vulnerability among young peopleThe report is available as a whole, and in 4 smaller sections: Overview/introductionYoung people
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    Family Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society

    Family Health International, 1999
    Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.

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