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  From knowledge to practice: STD control and HIV prevention

  EU HIV/AIDS Programme in Developing Countries, 1999

  Describes the results and policy implications of two landmark community-based intervention trials in Mwanza and Rakai – village sites in Tanzania and Uganda – which studied the impact of different STD care strategies on HIV transmission.The Mwanza trial was the first community-based randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of an STD intervention in a developing country.
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  ADF 2000 - AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge

  The African Development Forum, 2000

  Web site for 2000 meeting of the African Development Forum. Includes online discussion forum.
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  The Progress of Nations Report 2000

  The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 2000

  Concentrates on the effects of AIDS/HIV, especially on the young. Also discusses the power of immunization and sets out a new agenda for vaccines.
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  Institutional and cultural determinants of demand for reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and implications for research

  Centre for Population Studies, London, 2000

  There is no consensus view on why African fertility has been so high, why it is now falling, or why HIV has spread so rapidly.
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  Access to essential medicines in developing countries: does the WTO TRIPS agreement hinder it?

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2000

  Argues that TRIPS could, in certain cases, lead to higher prices for patented medicines, including for important diseases such as HIV/AIDS. However, policy instruments available under TRIPS, such as compulsory licenses or government use, parallel imports and price controls, if designed with care, could attenuate such adverse effects on the affordable access to medicines considered essential.
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  Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance (Finance for Development in Africa - An issues paper)

  Financing for Development, 2000

  The aim of this Issues Paper is to review the mix of actions necessary to finance the developmental goals of Africa and to present policy options for the consideration of African Finance Ministers.Policy recommendations:While it is essential to mobilise all domestic resources to reduce the resource gap this will only be feasible in the long term.
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  Sexually transmitted diseases hamper development efforts

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1998

  Examines the incidence and consequences of STDs in developing countries, and describes why a strengthened U.S. commitment to the prevention and treatment of these diseases is needed.
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  Illicit drugs in Southern Africa: the facts

  Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 1999

  This report reveals that the Official Statistics about the drug control situation in southern Africa have been far from conclusive regarding the actual scope of production, trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. Alcohol is found to be the most abused drug as well as the drug that causes the most social problems in all but two SADC countries, with Cannabis being ranked as the second.
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  Real Lives

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1999

  Online version of print journal, promoting dialogue and highlighting sexual and reproductive health needs and rights in South Asia.
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  Guidelines for studies of the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000

  This manual provides basic concepts to assist in thinking about the social and economic implications of HIV/AIDS, together with ideas and techniques for planning responses.Document is divided into three parts: Part 1 discusses why AIDS is unique and deserves impact studies Part 2 provides basic guidelines on how to conduct an assessment of the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS

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