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    Just die quietly: domestic violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV in Uganda

    Human Rights Watch, 2003
    This paper argues that women are becoming infected with HIV because the state is failing to protect them from domestic violence. It bases the report on 120 interviews with Ugandan women.The paper argues that many women are victims of marital rape.
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    Cutting the risk? Male circumcision and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    HIV prevalence varies both within and between countries in Africa. How can these differences be explained? Within Africa, male circumcision appears to be more common in regions with relatively low HIV rates. Does circumcision reduce the risk of HIV infection?
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    Injecting caution: re-thinking vaccination for HIV-positive Ugandans

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Infection with the bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a frequent and serious problem for HIV-infected adults. A polysaccharide vaccine is currently licensed and available, and is recommended in the USA and Europe. But should this be policy in sub-Saharan Africa?
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    Film, book or play?: Community-based HIV prevention in rural Uganda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
    Behavioural change interventions still offer the best chance of preventing the spread of HIV in developing countries. But which methods are most effective? Researchers at the MRC Programme on AIDS in Uganda assess four HIV education strategies: drama, video, community educators (CEs) and leaflets. Each has strengths and weaknesses and a combination of approaches may be needed.
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    Knowledge is power: AIDS education for Ugandan schoolchildren

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
    Comprehensive AIDS education can make pupils aware of the need to protect themselves against infection. It can also bring about gradual changes in the wider social environment, making safer sex more acceptable. But what is the best way to introduce AIDS education to schools with scarce resources and a packed curriculum?
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    Conjugal risks - HIV transmission within marriage in Uganda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In the developed world, the male-to-female HIV transmission rate appears to be higher than the female-to-male rate. Is this also true in sub-Saharan Africa? What is the best way to measure this? A study by the Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS addressed these questions in the rural district of Masaka, Uganda.
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    Workplace studies in Africa and Asia

    Horizons, 2003
    The June 2003 biannual newsletter of the Horizons Program, highlights findings from operations research studies conducted in workplaces in South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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    Facing the challenge: NGO experiences of mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002
    This paper reports on a project designed to bring together the experiences of development workers in mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS.A number of interventions were selected for analysis and individuals who were involved in these interventions were invited to write up their experiences.
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    Status and impacts of HIV/AIDS in agricultural universities and colleges in Africa

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002
    The report looks into the status, impact and preventive actions taken by some of the partner universities and colleges in Africa of Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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    Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    This is a policy paper based on a symposium held in 2001. It transcribes the speeches made and the discussions that followed them. Speakers talked aboutnutritional impacts of HIV/AIDSnutrition and care programmesmothers with HIV feeding infants (impacts on both infants and mothers)a success story from Uganda

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