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Searching with a thematic focus on Social determinants of health, Health, HIV and AIDS, Gender and HIV AIDS, Women and girls

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  AIDS and girls' education

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This fact sheet explores the relationship between the education of girls and HIV/AIDS. It argues that education is one of the key defences against the spread of HIV and the impact of AIDS.
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  Microbicides, women and AIDS

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This fact sheet deals with microbicides, a method for women to protect themselves from HIV which is currently under development.
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  AIDS and female property/inheritance rights

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This fact sheet explores the issue of women’s property and inheritance rights and its relationship with HIV/AIDS.It argues that while property and inheritance rights are important for women generally, they take on dramatically increased importance in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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  World AIDS Campaign 2004: women, girls, HIV and AIDS

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This strategy note introduces the World AIDS Campaign theme for 2004: Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS, and intends to provide an overview to help inform those planning a campaign in 2004.
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  Violence against women and AIDS

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This fact sheet analyses the issue of violence against women and its relationship with AIDS.
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  Women who know a person with AIDS do not have elevated condom use rates

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2003

  This article summarises the findings of a study which attempted to identify factors that affect condom use among women in South Africa.
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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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  Deadly delay: South Africa’s efforts to prevent HIV in survivors of sexual violence

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This report highlights the obstacles to effective post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) provision in South Africa and their solutions, and serves to illustrate lessons of the South African experience that may be useful for countries that are beginning to discuss or develop PEP services.Recommendations to the Government of South Africa include:launch an information campaign to educate the publ
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  The UNGASS, gender and women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2002

  This paper discusses the effect of gender roles, power relations and sexual behaviour on the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latin American and Caribbean Region, and it specifically explores women’s vulnerability to the epidemic.
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  Gender, AIDS, and ARV therapies: ensuring that women gain equitable access to drugs within U.S. funded treatment initiatives

  Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2004

  This briefing paper identifies a number of essential elements of a gender sensitive approach to HIV treatment access to be incorporated in the United States (US) global AIDS strategies.Main recommendations include:the eligibility criteria developed by the US must recognise the effect of gender inequities at the household and community level on women’s access to treat

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