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  Between men: HIV/STI prevention for men who have sex with men

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  This booklet presents the main issues around HIV/STI prevention for NGOs and CBOs, either currently working with men who have sex with men, or who are considering doing so.
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  Demystifying antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  This paper uses the example of a poor township 30 kilometres outside Cape Town to find out if antiretroviral therapy is possible in severely resource-constrained environments and to discover the best ways to deliver these drugs.Zidovudine (AZT), first became available in Khayelitsha township’s two maternity wards in early 1999, and the programme has subsequently become one of the continent’s bi
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  The increasing importance of sexually transmitted diseases in HIV-infected persons

  International AIDS Society-USA, 2003

  This Guide presents detailed medical recommendations screening, diagnosis, and management of:genital herpes simplex virus infectionchlamydial and gonococcal infectionssyphilishuman papillomavirus–associated neoplasia in HIV-infected patientsThe article summarises a presentation given by the author at the March 2003 International AIDS Society - USA course in Los Angeles.
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  HIV, breastfeeding, and infant mortality: weighing the impact of the non-evidenced-based WHO/UNAIDS recommendations in the low-income, low-resource countries of Sub-Saharan Africa

  African Networks for Health Research and Development, 2001

  This paper challenges the WHO/UNAIDS recommendations regarding breastfeeding and HIV positive mothers in low-income, low-resource countries.The paper shows that although almost all paediatric HIV is due to maternal to child transmission (MTCT), in 1992, WHO/UNAIDS recommended that breastfeeding should be advised for pregnant women, including those who are HIV+, in countries with high infant mor
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  Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men: a Cochrane review

  Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2003

  The aim of this paper is to assess the evidence of an interventional effect of male circumcision for preventing acquisition of HIV-1 and HIV-2 by men through heterosexual intercourse.
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  Drug patents under the spotlight: sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  This report aims to offer new approaches to those seeking to overcome patent barriers.
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  Guy to Guy Project: engaging young men in violence prevention and in sexual and reproductive health

  Promundo, 2001

  This case study presents the Institutes’ experience in engaging young men as ‘change agents’ in gender-based violence prevention and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health.
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  Reproductive morbidity: a neglected issue? Report of a clinic-based study in Far-Western Nepal

  African Networks for Health Research and Development, 2002

  This paper describes the results of a study of reproductive morbidity in Nepal. The study obtained information and proxy indicators on the prevalence of reproductive morbidity of women in Doti and Achham districts.Findings include:general health status of women: is strongly influenced by socio-cultural habits.
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  Preventing HIV Infection, promoting reproductive health: UNFPA response 2003

  United Nations Population Fund, 2003

  This is the 12th annual publication to provide information about actions taken by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to prevent HIV infection.Highlights of the HIV prevention activities at the global, regional and country levels include:establishing a dedicated HIV/AIDS branch within the UNFPA structuredisseminating institutional guidelines on HIV prevention to all staff, an
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  In their own right: addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of men worldwide

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2003

  This report, produced by the Alan Guttmacher institute, provides an overview of men’s sexual and reproductive behaviour worldwide and draws out the health and programme implications of that information.

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