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  Just die quietly: domestic violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV in Uganda

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This paper argues that women are becoming infected with HIV because the state is failing to protect them from domestic violence. It bases the report on 120 interviews with Ugandan women.The paper argues that many women are victims of marital rape.
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  Sang Fan Wan Mai youth group: tiny steps by youth to battle the AIDS crisis

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2001

  This paper describes the work of Sang Fan Wan Mai in educating young people about HIV/AIDS. It demonstrates the work of the Sang Fan Wan Mai youth group’s puppet show in educating children about HIV/AIDS: how it is spread and contracted, how to prevent infections, and how to live with HIV positive people.
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  It takes 2: partnering with men in reproductive and sexual health

  United Nations Population Fund, 2003

  This publication offers guidance on effective and gender-sensitive ways to engage men in the reproductive and sexual health of themselves and their partners. It includes examples of successful strategies and programming as well as lessons learned.A checklist summarising key points aims at creating a useful tool for designing and evaluating projects.
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  Strengthening partnerships among local FM radio networks and reproductive health agencies on HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Population Fund, 2002

  This paper provides an overview of how local FM radio has been used around the world to promote health and development goals. It is intended to inform UNFPA Country Representatives of the potential use of local and community radio to achieve UNFPA objectives worldwide, including HIV prevention.
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  Pasteurized breastmilk as a replacement feed for babies of HIV-infected mothers

  ProNUTRITION, 2003

  This short report offers a guide for mothers demonstrating how they can use their own milk for their babies, while simultaneously avoiding any risk of post-partum transmission of the virus to their babies through breastfeeding. The two methods shown are flash-boiling and pretoria pasteurization
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  A review of current literature of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children in sub-Saharan Africa

  US Agency for International Development, 2001

  This paper reviews epidemiological characteristics of children affected by HIV/AIDS, coping mechanisms and current knowledge of the impact of HIV on children.
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  Working with young men to promote sexual and reproductive health

  Centre for Sexual Health Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 2002

  Gender is increasingly acknowledged as central to understanding young people's experiences of sexual relationships and health.
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  Meeting their needs? Discussing young people’s sexual health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  More than six thousand people aged 16-25 become infected with HIV every day worldwide. But the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of young people are often neglected. The Safe Passages to Adulthood Programme, funded by DFID, held a meeting of researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from many countries. They considered the potential of education to protect young people against HIV.
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  The tip of the iceberg: the global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This issue brief provides an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people around the world, generally defined as those between the ages of 10 and 24. Because of its focus on young people, this brief does not discuss mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).The brief addresses the issues of prevalence and incidence worldwide and examines nations with young populations hard hit.
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  Wasting sperm: the cultural context of condom use among the Maasai in Northern Tanzania

  Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, 2003

  This document reports data drawn from a study conducted in September 2002 that investigated the context of HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among rural Tanzanian Maasai men and women. A primary focus of the work was exploration of the cultural context of condom knowledge and use.

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