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Searching with a thematic focus on Social determinants of health, Health, Gender, HIV and AIDS, Gender and HIV AIDS

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    Reducing girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: the Thai approach

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    This publication look specifically at the issue of the common practice in Thailand of young girls entering the sex industry. The author states that it is common, even usual in some areas, for parents to sell their daughters into sex work.
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    Turning the tide: CEDAW and the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002
    This document considers the relevance of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to women as they are affected by HIV/AIDS.It covers the reasons for women's particular vulnerability to HIV infection and as main care givers.
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    Gender-based violence and reproductive health & HIV/AIDS

    Population Reference Bureau, 2002
    This paper provides a summary of a day long technical update on gender-based violence (GBV) and reproductive health (RH) /HIV (HIV). The objective of the meeting was to: 1) launch a process for considering GBV in relation to RH and HIV in USAID'S population, health, and nutrition portfolio; and 2) explore ways of integrating GBV into RH/HIV programs.
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    Involving, men in sexual & reproductive health: an orientation guide

    Population Reference Bureau, 2002
    The authors of this intercative guide state that its two goals are: promoting gender equity for its own sake, and using gender equitable approaches to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
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    Break the silence: talk about AIDS

    Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
    This paper describes a campaign that aimed to reach young men with an HIV/AIDS prevention message.
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    Meeting the sexual health needs of men who have sex with men in Senegal

    Horizons, 2002
    Research conducted in many countries has highlighted the vulnerability of men who have sex with men (MSM) to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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    Mobilization for microbicides: the decisive decade

    Rockefeller Foundation, 2002
    Highlights the need for microbicides to help millions of women around the world prevent HIV infection and death from AIDS.The research model found that the introduction of microbicides could avert 2.5 million HIV infections and save US$2.7 billion on HIV/AIDS treatment.In conclusion, to make microbicides available for use will require lengthy and expensive research to prove their effectivene
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    Children and young people in a world of AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    Young people are particularly susceptible to HIV infection and they also carry the burden of caring for family members living with HIV/AIDS. Around the world HIV/AIDS is shattering young people's opportunities for healthy adult lives.
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    Resolution on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Americas

    Pan American Health Organization, 2001
    This paper outlines the resolutions taken at the meeting of the 43rd Directive Council on AIDS in the Americas held in Washington DC between the 24 and the 28th of September 2001Considering the trends in the HIV/AIDS/STI epidemic in the Americas and their present and future impact, and recognising the need for a commitment by governments and society to respond effectively and with solidarity t
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in South Africa

    Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
    Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa.A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council.

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