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  Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

  BioMed Central, 2007

  This research article from BMC International Health and Human Rights reports high levels of approval for the routine HIV testing (RHT) approach practiced in the Botswana public health system since 2004.
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  Antiretroviral (ARV) factsheet - 02

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007

  This fact sheet from International HIV/AIDS Alliance contains basic information on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV. It explains how ARVs work to reduce the effects of HIV and allow those affected by the disease to live longer and healthier lives, but emphasises that this treatment is not a cure for HIV.
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  Tackling political barriers to end AIDS

  Books for Change, 2007

  This policy document from ActionAid argues that the world’s political leaders are still refusing to mount an adequate response to the global HIV emergency. In 2005 world leaders made a commitment to creating universal access to HIV treatment, prevention and care by 2010, but two years later there is still no financial plan in place to achieve this.
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  Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less improvement in other priority areas of HIV treatment. The coverage rate for access to prophylactic ART by pregnant women, to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus, continues to be low.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: decreasing barriers to access and promoting adherence

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

  This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that the scale up of HIV testing and treatment cannot be done without improving access to primary healthcare. It also argues that food security is the greatest threat to the scale-up of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment provision in some of the countries most heavily affected by HIV.
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  Missing the target #3: stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk

  International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006

  This update report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) shows that the global effort to provide universal access to HIV treatment is stagnating. Despite progress in some areas it looks like the commitment to achieving universal access to treatment by 2010 will be missed by over 5 million people.
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  UNAIDS practical guidelines for intensifying HIV prevention: towards universal access

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2007

  These guidelines from UNAIDS provide practical guidance for policy makers and planners who are working on creating universal access to HIV prevention services. The guidelines are based on the principle that it is necessary to tailor each national HIV prevention response to the specific social context, and the dynamics of the epidemic, in each country and among its vulnerable population groups.
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  Why the development industry should get over its obsession with bad sex and start to think about pleasure

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  The development industry has emphasised the dangers of sex and sexuality - in relation to population control, disease and violence. This negative approach to sex has been filtered through a view of gender which stereotypes men as predators, women as victims, and fails to recognise the existence of transgender people.
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  Pain relieving drugs in 12 African PEPfAR countries: mapping current providers, identifying current challenges and enabling expansion of pain control provision in the management of HIV/AIDS

  African Palliative Care Association, 2007

  This report from the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) identifies a number of problems with the delivery of pain-relief drugs to people with HIV and AIDS receiving palliative care in Africa. The survey was conducted among palliative care organisations and the medicine regulatory bodies in 12 African countries.
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  A community health approach to palliative care for HIV/AIDS and cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies community health programmes as the key element in responding to the palliative care needs of those affected by cancer, HIV and AIDS in Africa. It outlines a project conducted in Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe to strengthen the delivery of palliative care programmes in those countries.

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