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    Case management of HIV-infected severely malnourished children: challenges in the area of highest prevalence

    The Lancet, 2008
    This editorial from the Lancet details the increased need by HIV infected severely malnourished children for facility based treatment. Fatality in severe malnutrition is high partly because of the concurrence of multiple infections. When this is compounded by HIV infection the fatality rate increases many times.
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    The cost of antiretroviral therapy in Haiti

    Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2008
    As donors look to scale up HIV prevention programmes, accurate cost effectiveness information for these individual interventions is essential to prevent unnecessary spending. This research paper by Koenig et al examines the direct medical costs, overhead costs, societal costs, and personnel requirements for the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with AIDS in Haiti.
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    Saving children, enhancing lives: combating HIV and AIDS in South Africa, 2nd edition

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2006
    This document provides an overview of the burden and impact of HIV and AIDS in South African children and reviews the progress made in preventing HIV and mitigating its impacts on children and affected families.
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    Teacher absences in an HIV and AIDS context: evidence from nine schools in Kavango and Caprivi (Namibia)

    International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2007
    This report from International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) investigates teacher absenteeism as a result of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Namibia and the resulting impact on the country's education system. The study examines how some schools in high prevalence areas are managing the problem.
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    The impact of social cash transfers on children

    Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, 2007
    This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected persons or households reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing different schemes in Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, the study identifies the main factors that determine both the share of HIV and AIDS affected households reached, and the impact achieved.
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    Making the connections: why literacy matters for HIV prevention

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
    Illiterate women and men cannot access written information, meaning they remain unaware of many national and international issues affecting them that are increasingly being communicated through printed materials. This document from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) looks at the relationship between literacy and HIV prevention education.
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    Mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults receiving antiretroviral treatment and survival of their HIV-uninfected children: a prospective cohort study

    The Lancet, 2008
    Whilst antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most effective clinical intervention for reduction of mortality in people with HIV-1 infection, access to ART in resource poor settings is very low. This article from the Lancet looks at whether home-based ART in Uganda is an effective way to reduce mortality, hospital admissions, and orphanhood in people with HIV-1 and their household members.
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    The World Bank’s Africa region HIV/AIDS agenda for action 2007-2011

    World Bank, 2007
    This document sets out the World Bank’s vision for tackling HIV and AIDS in Africa for the 5 years to 2011. The report recognises that there is no single pattern of HIV infection across sub-Saharan Africa, but a series of regional patterns, with some areas more acutely affected by HIV than others and even differences within countries.
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    Civil society perspectives on HIV/AIDS policy in Nicaragua, Senegal, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
    This report from the Open Society Institute examines groups that are excluded or marginalised from the design, implementation, and evaluation of national HIV/AIDS policies and programmes due to stigma. These groups such as injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, prisoners, and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by the epidemic.
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    World AIDS Day: time for enlightened leadership

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    This article from the Overseas Development Institute outlines the need for better leadership in HIV/AIDS in 2008 and beyond. The authors outline the historical context of leadership in the control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), citing misplaced ideological, intellectual and moral drivers for change. They also list some examples of recent, enlightened leadership for STI control.

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