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Social marketing models for product-based reproductive health programs: a comparative analysis
Commercial Market Strategies: New Directions in Reproductive Health, 2003This paper explores the major differences and similarities between two classic social marketing models: the NGO and manufacturer’s models.DocumentThe strategic use and potential demand for an HIV vaccine in Southern Africa
World Bank, 2003This paper investigates the issues around the targeting of an eventual HIV vaccine.The authors identify potential target groups for a vaccine, and estimate how many individuals would be in need of vaccination. They develop a method for estimating how many cases of HIV infection are likely to be avoided for each vaccinated individual.DocumentThe epidemiological impact of an HIV vaccine on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern India
World Bank, 2003This paper examines the potential epidemiological impact of preventive HIV vaccines on the HIV epidemic in Southern India using a mathematical deterministic dynamic compartmental model.Various assumptions about the degree of protection offered by such a vaccine, the extent of immunological response of those vaccinated, and the duration of protection afforded are explored.DocumentThe potential demand for an HIV/AIDS vaccine in Brazil
World Bank, 2002This study assesses the potential demand by the public sector for a preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine in Brazil and the costs of alternative strategies for a vaccination program.The study reviews the cost and impact of HIV/AIDS in Brazil, in terms of disease and economic burden, as a proxy for the benefits of an HIV/AIDS vaccine.DocumentFHI/UNAIDS best practices in HIV/AIDS prevention collection
Family Health International, 2001This collection of work is centred on HIV/AIDS prevention in the non-industrialised world and is based on studies performed by FHI's international and local partners in an international HIV prevention, the AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project.The book offers case studies, models and lessons learnt to assist individuals, communities, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, businDocumentWABA/UNICEF Colloquium on HIV and breastfeeding
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, 2002This resource is a collection of conference presentations on breastfeeding and HIV transmission, includingthe role of breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV and infant feedingHIV and infant feeding: a framework for priority actionsexperiences with early cessation of breast feeding among HIV infected women in Kampala, UgandaPMTCT, infant feeding: the Botswana experienceHIV andDocumentHIV/AIDS and STI prevention and care in Rwandan refugee camps in the United Republic of Tanzania
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2003This monograph documents the first large-scale AIDS and STI intervention programme to be implemented during a refugee crisis. It describes the operational aspects of the intervention, the observed impact and the effect this experience had on policies and practices in other refugee situations, among both international and nongovernmental organizations.DocumentMale circumcision: current epidemiological and field evidence
US Agency for International Development, 2003This is the report of a conference held from September 18 and 19, 2002.DocumentForced migration and transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: policy and programmatic responses
HIV Insite, 2001Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS have become urgent concerns for populations affected by armed conflict and migration (both forced and voluntary). Poverty, powerlessness, and social instability affect the spread of STIs and HIV.