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  Is over population still the problem?: global discourse and reproductive health challenges in the time of HIV/AIDS

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002

  This paper looks at population and women’s reproductive health policies in Africa, specifically Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Young people make the difference!: peer-influence on reproductive health of young people in Dakar, Senegal

  Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2002

  This paper analyses how young people, boys and girls, aged fifteen to twenty perceive the different sources of information about sexuality, STIs and HIV/AIDS and how this information is processed among young people. The author lets the young people do the talking and describe how they use different sources of information in their daily lives.
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  One step further: responses to HIV/AIDS

  SIDA Studies, 2002

  This collection of articles produced by UNRISD and SIDA enable different authors to address various issues in relation to HIV/AIDS.
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  Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming.
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  Local government responses to HIV/AIDS: a handbook

  World Bank, 2003

  This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS.
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  Policies for orphans and vulnerable children: a framework for moving ahead

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2003

  This paper is concerned with policy responses that address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.It presents a summary of the global OVC situation and current policy responses, outlines existing policy frameworks for responding to OVC, and identifies policy-level gaps in national responses.As a conclusion of its research, the paper proposes a
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  Unsafe schools: a literature review of school-related gender-based violence in developing countries

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  In an attempt to counter the lack of systemic information on the prevalence and consequences of violence in formal educational settings, this report reviews a number of country-specific studies on school-related gender-based violence.
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  Costing of HIV/AIDS treatment in Mexico

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2003

  This study documents the Mexican experience in HIV/AIDS treatment in three different health subsystems:The Ministry of Health (SSA)The Mexican Social Security Institute/Social Security and Services Institute for Workers of the State (IMSS/ISSSTE)The National Institutes of Health (INS)The study uses a consistent methodology that allows the comparison of the relative costs of
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  A comparative analysis of the financing of HIV/AIDS programmes in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2003

  This comparative study assesses the readiness and ability of six African countries - Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe - to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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  Misconceptions, denial and folk beliefs - obscuring the risk perceptions among young Zambians

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Worldwide, an estimated 11.8 million people aged 15 to 24 are infected with HIV, most of whom (77%) live in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, 21% of the population fall within this age group. How much do young Zambians know about HIV and how does it affect their behaviour? Researchers from Population Services International put these questions to young men in Lusaka, Zambia.

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