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    HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response, 2004

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    This major report, prepared by the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, is intended as a reference tool. Part One provides global estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the world of work and outlines the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS. It looks at the effects of HIV/AIDS on the private sector: the public sector and the informal economy; as well as its impact on women and children.
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    The case for microbicides: a global priority

    International Family Health, UK, 2001
    This report from The Population Council and International Family Health presents the case for microbicides, discusses recent progress and developments, and notes outstanding challenges. It goes on to outline the action required to accelerate research and development, and to ensure that products will be made available to those who most need them.
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    Risk and protection: youth and HIV/AIDS in sub-saharan Africa

    Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004
    This report draws on data for 24 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa which shows that large proportions of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have inadequate information on how to protect themselves against HIV, and substantial proportions are sexually active and engage in behaviors that place them at risk of becoming infected.It argues that any effort to curb HIV/AIDS requires changes in sociocultu
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    Gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: the what, the why, and the how

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2000
    This speech, given by a member of the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) at the XIIIth International AIDS Conference, explores the ways in which gender-related power imbalances increase women’s and men’s risk and vulnerability to HIV.
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    Women's reasons for not participating in follow up visits before starting short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: qualitative interview study

    British Medical Journal, 2004
    This publication aims find out why pregnant women attending a public antenatal clinic in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire do not participate in necessary follow up visits before starting antiretroviral prophylaxis.
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    To have and to hold: women’s property and inheritance rights in the context of HIV/AIDS

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2004
    Produced by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in collaboration with UNAIDS, this paper seeks to examine the link between HIV/AIDS and women’s property rights.
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    Facing the future together: report of the Secretary-General's Task Force on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004
    This UNAIDS report, from the Secretary-General’s Task Force on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, presents empirical data on the scale and character of the pandemic in nine countries in Southern Africa with the highest HIV prevalence rates.
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    AIDS in Asia: face the facts

    Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network, 2004
    This report, produced by the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP) Network, offers a comprehensive review of the latest HIV/AIDS data in Asia. It examines the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Asia, and identifies and explores behaviours which have resulted in the highest rates of HIV transmission: commercial sex, drug injecting, male-male sex and combinations of these behaviours.
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    Expanding care and support in South India: scaling up YRG CARE’s patient-centered approach

    Population Council, USA, 2004
    This study, produced by The Population Council, examines the scaling up of a patient-centred approach to care and support services for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) used at the Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai, South India.
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    Knowledge of AIDS and HIV risk-related sexual behavior among Nigerian naval personnel

    Health Research Policy and Systems, 2004
    This study published in BMC Public Health describes current knowledge of AIDS, and HIV-risk sexual behaviour of naval personnel in Lagos, Nigeria. Personnel in the military are at increased risk of HIV infection. Although HIV-risk related sexual behaviour of Nigerian police officers has been studied, little is known about the sexual behaviour of their counterparts in the Navy.

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