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  Prevention of HIV infection among migrant population groups in northeast Brazil

  Scientific Electronic Library Online Brazil, 2004

  In the past 50 years, one of every three rural Brazilians has opted to migrate to urban areas. HIV infection is currently spreading among migrant communities, the poor, and women in the interior of Northeast Brazil. This article focuses on the different configurations, beliefs, representations, and forms of social organisation of these communities.
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  Young people, HIV / AIDS, and intervention: barriers and gateways to behaviour change

  Development Studies Network, 2000

  This paper reports from a 1999 study that explored sexual dynamics and decision making among young people between the ages of 11 and 24 years in KwaZulu/Natal Province. Two aspects of youths’ sexual behaviour – condom use and abstinence – are discussed.
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  Reproductive health interventions: which ones work and what do they cost?

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2000

  This paper, produced by the POLICY project, looks at the effectiveness and cost of different reproductive health care interventions, and asks what criteria governments can use to decide whether they will provide certain interventions.
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  Increased protected sex and abstinence among Namibian youth following a HIV risk-reduction intervention: a randomized, longitudinal study.

  International AIDS Society, 1998

  In 1996, the prevalence of HIV in Namibia was estimated to be 15% among antenatal patients, with rates as high as 25% in some districts. The government, in partnership with UNICEF and the University of Maryland, elected to adapt an adolescent AIDS risk-reduction curriculum that had been successful in the United States.
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  Explaining inconsistencies between data on condom use and condom sales

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2004

  Analyses of data on the annual number of condoms sold and distributed reveals very erratic patterns. Consequently, available data on the number of condoms sold and distributed yield a very poor indicator of the actual number of condoms sold to consumers and the level of condom use.
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  HIV/AIDS and TB in Central Asia: country profiles

  World Bank, 2004

  This report, published by the World Bank, looks at the growth of TB and HIV in Central Asia. It emphasises that although HIV levels in the region are currently low, policy makers urgently need to develop strategies for addressing the projected epidemic, based on international evidence on the growth of HIV infection.
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  Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS: looking beyond awareness

  Voluntary Service Overseas, 2002

  This VSO Experience in Focus publication shares lessons from the early stages of experience of mainstreaming HIV/AIDS as part of VSO’s Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA). Mainstreaming describes the overall concept of responding to HIV/AIDS in the development sectors where the pandemic may not ordinarily be addressed.
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  Farmers' life school manual

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004

  Rural farming communities are particularly threatened by HIV/AIDS, leaving household security at stake. Recognising the warning signs in Asia, FAO and UNDP set up a joint initiative: The Farmers’ Life School. The project was originally field-tested in Cambodia and has generated considerable international interest.
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  Approaches to estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers

  UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, 2004

  This paper summarises discussions from the first meeting of the UK working group on Education and HIV/AIDS.
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  Facing the challenge of an HIV/AIDS epidemic: agricultural extension services in sub-Saharan Africa

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2003

  The role of agricultural extension services is to develop rural human resources with an aim to increase food production. However, the survival of the entire agricultural sector is threatened by the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. This FAO authored paper explores the links between the epidemic and the survival of the farming population in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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