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  Male youth and voluntary counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT): the case of Uganda and Malawi

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT) is defined as a process by which an individual undergoes counseling, enabling him or her to make an informed choice about being tested.
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  Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this setting can only be expected to be worse. With a functioning healthcare system, most maternal deaths are avoidable if complications are identified early.
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  Valuing and compensating caregivers for their contributions to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS: an agenda for action

  Huairou Commission, 2010

  This paper concerns the valuation and compensation of caregivers for their ongoing contribution to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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  Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths

  Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013

  The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.
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  Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)
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  Young people and the law in Asia and the Pacific: a review of laws and policies affecting young people's access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV services

  UNESCO Bangkok, 2013

  The Asia-Pacific region is home to the largest number of young people aged 10-24 globally, and the largest cohort of young people in the history of the world. While today’s generation of young people in the region are generally healthier and better educated than in the past, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV are often-overlooked aspects of their well-being.
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  Lost in transitions: current issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in Asia Pacific.

  Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2013

  In Asia Pacific, an estimated 230,000 children under 15 years of age were living with HIV in 2012, with approximately 25 percent of them receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The paediatric HIV epidemic is entering the next phase of its evolution in the region, as children infected from birth enter adolescence and face new challenges.
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  Resilient and Responsive Health Systems (RESYST)

  RESYST is an international research consortium funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development.
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  Including older women and men in HIV data

  HelpAge International, 2013

  A key challenge in addressing the needs of older women and men living with and affected by HIV has long been the exclusion of people aged 50 and over in HIV monitoring and reporting.
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  HIV and aging

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2013

  An increasingly significant trend in the global HIV epidemic is the growing number of people aged 50 years and older, who are living with HIV. Very few HIV strategies in low-and middle-income countries currently address this previously hidden dimension of the HIV epidemic, yet populations 50 years and older hold important implications for HIV responses.

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