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  Early infant diagnosis of HIV through dried blood spot testing: Pathfinder International/Kenya’s prevention of mother to child transmission project

  Pathfinder International, 2007

  Unless an infant infected with HIV in Africa receives prophylactic antibiotics soon after birth and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) as soon as is medically indicated, it has a 35 per cent chance of dying by his first birthday and a 53 per cent chance of dying before the age of two.
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  I count myself as being in a different world: African gay and bisexual men living with HIV in London

  Homerton University Hospital, 2007

  This report from the Centre of Sexual Health and HIV at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust describes the challenges faced by gay and bisexual African men living with HIV in London. The report highlights that the additional stigma of being gay or bisexual and HIV positive is difficult for African men.
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  Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a toolkit for service providers in the comprehensive care centres

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007

  Comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS is a complete package of care for HIV infected people, which includes clinical, psychosocial, social, legal and nursing care.
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  Nutrition management in comprehensive care centres in Kenya: a trainer's manual

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007

  In support of the implementation of the “Kenyan national guidelines on nutrition and HIV/AIDS”,  this training manual is designed for healthcare service providers working in comprehensive care centres. It aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary for managing the specific nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS.
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  HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and food security: what we can do: a synthesis of international guidance

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  This paper presents a synthesis of existing technical guidance on HIV and AIDS, nutrition, and food security. It contributes towards efforts to integrate nutrition projects and programmes for HIV and AIDS, by providing decision makers and service providers with guidance on how this can be achieved. 
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  Impact, challenges and long-term implications of antiretroviral therapy programme in Nigeria

  Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria, 2007

  This report from Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) studies the impact, challenges and long-term implication of the antiretroviral treatment (ART) response to AIDS in Nigeria.
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  Mother-to-child transmission of HIV: risk factors and missed opportunities for prevention among pregnant women attending health services in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2007

  Vertical transmission or mother-to-child transmission, is the main source of the HIV infection in children.
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  “It’s like giving birth to the sick person for the second time” family caregivers’ perspectives on providing care

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007

  This paper based on findings from the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) describes caregivers’ perspectives on providing care for HIV positive family members. The paper focuses on understanding what care provision means to family caregivers and in turn why they provide care.
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  AIDS and social policy in China

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2006

  This document reviews China’s social policy shifts in dealing with the HIV/AIDS threat. It explores the background to the problem, before looking at treatment of HIV/AIDS, prevention and migration.
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  AIDS mortality, "race or color", and social inequality in a context of universal access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Brazil, 1999-2004

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2007

  This paper analyses AIDS deaths in Brazil during a period in which HAART became a key treatment regimen, exploring the hypothesis that race or colour defines one dimension of socioeconomic inequality in Brazil. AIDS mortality, stratified by gender and race or colour, was calculated using data from the Brazilian National Mortality System.

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