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    Drug companies vs. Brazil: the threat to public health

    Oxfam, 2001
    The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat.
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    World Trade Organisation agreements: implications for equity and health in Southern Africa

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
    This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.The paper provides a brief review of GATT /WTO and WTO agreements relating to health.
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    Encouragement of new clinical drug development: the role of data exclusivity

    International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, 2000
    Paper asserts that for the pharmaceutical industry to invest the billions of dollars, Euros, yen, etc. in these highly risky health care solutions, intellectual property protection is essential. However, patent and trade-mark protections are not the entire story.
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    A patent policy proposal for global diseases

    Brookings Institution, 2001
    This policy brief outlines a proposal that would lower the price of pharmaceuticals that treat important global diseases in developing countries, while at the same time allowing patent protection to increase where it is most likely to lead to the creation of new products. The proposal requires no changes in international treaties, only minor changes to U.S.
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    In the shadow of death: HIV/AIDS and children's rights in Kenya

    Human Rights Watch, 2001
    This article explores the problem of HIV/AIDS among the childhood population in Kenya.The article finds that:HIV prevalence in the population of Kenya increased steadily and consistently by about 1 percentage point a year from 1990 to 1999.
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    Human resources in agricultural and rural development

    Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2001
    Papers on several main developments and issues that either persist or are emerging in the area of human resources for agricultural and rural development.
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    Threats of AIDS and condom use in a Nigerian urban community: implications for fertility regulation in Nigeria

    Union for African Populations Studies / Union pour l’Etude de la Population Africaine, 1999
    Results of a study into condom use that aims to identify conditions that will increase acceptance of condom among couples of reproductives ages.
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    The impact of armed conflict on children

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000
    This document reviews the wide-ranging series of actions taken in response to the recommendations of the 1996 Machel Report. Many of the significant achievements are woven into this text, which constitutes an early summary of a book that will be published in early 2001.
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    With an end in sight: strategies from the UNIFEM trust fund to eliminate violence against women

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000
    This UNIFEM report explores the power of collective action in ending violence against women, using case studies from seven countries. Chapter one looks at projects in Kenya, Nigeria and Honduras that established support networks and community-based mechanisms to change behavioural and cultural patterns.
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    Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

    British Medical Journal, 2001
    Assesses the provision on condoms in Africa. It obtained data from UNFPA on condoms paid for by donors and further refined it with information from United States Agency for International Development's commodity tracking system.

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