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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Voluntary counselling and testing

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    Should voluntary counseling and testing counselors address alcohol use with clients? Findings from an operations research study in Kenya

    2007
    This report published by USAID looks at the role of alcohol on HIV prevention behaviours, the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and its use in voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) settings.
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    Positive prevention: HIV prevention with people living with HIV

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007
    This document from the International AIDS Alliance is intended as a resource to help NGOs and HIV service providers working across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to take steps towards integrating HIV prevention for, by and with people living with HIV (PLWHA).
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    SHARAN

    SHARAN's pioneering and progressive initiatives in drug treatment , using the philosophy and methodology of harm reduction activities, began with its drop in center in the Nizammudin basti in
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    Guidance on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in health facilities

    World Health Organization, 2007
    These guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS outline an opt-out approach to provider-initiated HIV testing. Following this approach, healthcare staff would routinely recommend that certain types of patient should take a HIV test.
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    "Routinizing" HIV testing in low- and middle-income countries

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
    This discussion paper from the Public Health Programme of the Open Society Institute (OSI) examines the issues associated with scaling up access to HIV testing.
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    Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe

    Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006
    This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out basis would be widely acceptable among pregnant women. Introducing this approach to testing could contribute significantly to improving uptake of services for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in developing countries.
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    YouthLens No. 21: Integrating reproductive health and HIV services for youth

    YouthNet, Family Health International, 2007
    Often health services for young people address contraception or prevention of HIV/STIs, but not both. Would an integrated approach to sexual health services reduce unwanted pregnancies and HIV/STIs among young people? This briefing paper reports on the findings of a series of studies that examined this question.
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    Use of data from HIV counselling and testing services for HIV surveillance in Africa

    The Lancet, 2007
    This article from the Lancet warns against the inappropriate use of data collected at voluntary HIV counselling and testing clinics in Africa. The article points out that the data collected at these clinics is unreliable for wider use as a measurement of HIV prevalence or for tracking behavioural patterns.
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    Study of the integration of family planning and VCT/PMTCT/ART programs in Uganda

    Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda, 2005
    This paper examines the integration of family planning (FP) services with HIV and AIDS services (voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) and anti-retroviral therapy (ART)) in Uganda.
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    Desperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006
    This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), considers the ethical challenges of massive scale-up of HIV testing required in order to achieve ART (antiretroviral therapy) targets. The article outlines how the success of increasing access to ART is dependent on the identification of people who need treatment.

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