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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and health systems, HIV and AIDS, HIV international policy and aid financing, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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  President George W. Bush’s emergency plan for AIDS relief in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean: an analysis by the Global AIDS Alliance

  Global AIDS Alliance, 2003

  This report reviews the information currently available about the President’s Plan and the President’s FY 2004 budget Request and raise key concerns.The report argues that, based on the information currently available, the following key concerns should be addressed by the Administration: Bush’s plan will be phased-in too slowlyBush’s plan undermines “multilateral” global fundDoe
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  Forced migration and transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: policy and programmatic responses

  HIV Insite, 2001

  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS have become urgent concerns for populations affected by armed conflict and migration (both forced and voluntary). Poverty, powerlessness, and social instability affect the spread of STIs and HIV.
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  Implications of WTO/TRIPS in East Africa : with special emphasis on pharmaceutical patents

  Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2002

  What has the impact of the TRIPs agreement been in East Africa? This study examines how patent protection relates to the overall promotion and protection of human rights, and socio-economic rights, in particular. The author concentrates on pharmaceutical patent protection and the new life saving drugs that should be available for treatment of HIV/AIDS in the region.
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  Fighting HIV/AIDS with peanuts: a year in the life of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria

  Christian Aid, 2002

  The Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria has been feted as a major positive result of 2001’s UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS and G8 summit. Indeed, some policy-makers appear to believe that the existence of the Fund means that the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the developing country health crisis have been ‘dealt with’.
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  State of the art: AIDS and economics

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2002

  What is the state of current knowledge about AIDS? How far have economists and economic analysis come in developing tools and methods for assessing the impact of AIDS and in designing strategies to prevent or address it?
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  AIDS, economic growth and the HIPC initiative in Honduras

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper explores how the AIDS epidemic is effecting Honduras's macroeconomic health.
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  Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance (Finance for Development in Africa - An issues paper)

  Financing for Development, 2000

  The aim of this Issues Paper is to review the mix of actions necessary to finance the developmental goals of Africa and to present policy options for the consideration of African Finance Ministers.Policy recommendations:While it is essential to mobilise all domestic resources to reduce the resource gap this will only be feasible in the long term.
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  AIDS, poverty reduction and debt relief: a toolkit for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS programmes into development instruments

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001

  Argues that the potential benefits of giving HIV/AIDS a prominent place in PRSPs and HIPC agreements are substantial. They include greater political attention to and increased domestic funding for the national HIV/AIDS programme,as well as a focus on achieving results in implementing a national HIV/AIDS programme.
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  Reality check: the need for deeper debt cancellation and the fight against HIV/AIDS

  Drop the Debt, 2001

  This article emphasises that the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative fails to meet the challenge of significant debt cancellation. The article is critical on several counts.
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  World Trade Organisation agreements: implications for equity and health in Southern Africa

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000

  This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.The paper provides a brief review of GATT /WTO and WTO agreements relating to health.

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