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  The status of HIV in the Caribbean

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010

  This paper, published by UNAIDS, posits that  after almost thirty years years the HIV epidemic is still largely affecting most-at-risk populations in the Caribbean. Key issues raised in the paper include:
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  Blame and banishment: The underground HIV epidemic aff ecting children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2010

  This report, published by UNICEF, highlights the issues faced by children living with HIV, adolescents engaged in risky behaviours, pregnant women using drugs, and the more than one million children and young people who live or work on the streets of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.Key findings of the report are:
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  First reduce harm: tackling HIV in Ukraine

  The Lancet, 2010

  This paper, published in The Lancet, presents a report on harm-reduction projects in Ukraine. Key highlights of the paper are:
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  Blueprint for the provision of comprehensive care to gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America and the Caribbean

  2010

  This publication, published by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), is a guide for clinicians and health administrators in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region countries, in both the formal health sector as well as within specialised men who have sex with men (MSM) health clinics.
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  HIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  BioMed Central, 2010

  This paper notes that whereas the Brazilian response towards the AIDS epidemic is well known, the absence of a systematic review of vulnerable populations ─ men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), and drug users (DU) remains a main gap in the available literature.
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  Dignity denied: violations of the rights of HIV-positive women in Chilean health facilities

  Center for Reproductive Rights, 2010

  This report, published by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Vivo Positivo, describes the significant barriers to quality health care, including reproductive health care, that HIV-positive women in Chile face.
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  Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Malawi: a synthesis of research evidence

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004

  Although the definition of adolescence varies across cultures and different studies use various age-groups, the common understanding of this concept is that it is a period in which children make the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Malawi, adolescence is typically defined to span the ages of 10 to 19.
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  HIV/AIDS in the south-east Asia region

  World Health Organization, 2010

  This annual progress report, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), presents key achievements in prevention and control of HIV in the South-East Asia Region and highlights areas where further work is needed.Key findings of this report are:
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  Health sector response to gender-based violence: case studies of the Asia Pacific region

  United Nations Population Fund, 2010

  This report brings together seven case studies on gender-based violence (GBV) in seven Asian/Pacific countries, and reviews the specific healthcare delivered to its victims there.
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  Getting research into policy and practice

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009

  The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.Development actors are paying increasing attention to the question of how research, despite barriers, can fulfil its potential to improve policy and practice.

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