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    Poverty and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    This paper, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), presents evidence on the incidence of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and analyses the relationships between HIV, AIDS, and poverty. It describes three particular types of relationships. Firstly, the poor are more likely to adopt behaviours which expose them to HIV infection.
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    Socio-economic causes and consequences of the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa: a case study of Namibia

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    This paper, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), examines the socio-economic causes of the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and the demographic, developmental and economic impacts of the epidemic, focusing on Namibia. It notes that, in Namibia in 1996, an estimated 15 per cent of women attending antenatal clinics tested HIV positive.
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    From single parents to child-headed households: the case of children orphaned by AIDS in Kisumu and Siaya districts in Kenya

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    The socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are felt in a growing number of countries and increasing mortality rates among adults are threatening economic and social well-being.This study looks at the status, needs and skills of orphans, especially those orphaned by AIDS and shows that:when a husband dies of AIDS in a family, the mother is also often living with HIV/AIDS a
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    The status and trends of the HIV/AIDS/STD epidemics in Asia and the Pacific

    Family Health International, 1997
    Report examines the status and trends of HIV infection and AIDS in countries of Asia and the Pacific, a region which, for the purpose of this analysis, stretches from and includes India on the west, to Japan and island nations in the Pacific, and from China in the north, to countries forming Oceania in the south.
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    AIDS epidemic update: December 1998

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998
    By the end of 1998, according to new estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) will have grown to 33.4 million, 10% more than just one year ago. The epidemic has not been overcome anywhere.
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    Trafficking in Children for Labour Exploitation in the Mekong Sub-region: a Framework for Action

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 1998
    Reveals trends and issues of child trafficking in the Mekong subregion. Covers: Trends in trafficking routes, numbers and purposes; the push and pull factors; the recruitment process via an organized network; intolerable working conditions and their impact;The need to develop a multi-sectoral responses through a broad alliance of partners.
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    Partners in prevention: International case studies of effective health promotion practice in HIV/AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998
    Includes case studies from Australia, Canada, Thailand and Uganda, focusing on community led interventions
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    Empowerment Evaluation: Collaboration, Action Research, and a Case Example

    Action Evaluation Project, ARIA Group, 1996
    Empowerment evaluation is an innovative approach to evaluation. It has been adopted in higher education, government, inner-city public education, nonprofit corporations, and foundations throughout the United States and abroad.
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    Policy statement on preventive therapy against tuberculosis in people living with HIV

    WHO Tuberculosis Programme, 1998
    Report of a meeting held in Geneva 18-20 February 1998
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    Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    This document presents three sets of studies on the determinants of HIV-related vulnerability among young peopleThe report is available as a whole, and in 4 smaller sections: Overview/introductionYoung people

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