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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Adolescents, HIV and AIDS vulnerable groups

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  Promoting more gender-equitable norms and behaviors among young men as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy

  Horizons, 2006

  This report, produced by the Horizons Project and Instituto Promundo, examines how gender-equitable behaviour among young men can affect rates of HIV and STI (sexually-transmitted infections). The study involved young men aged 14 to 25 in the favelas (low-income communities) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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  Qualitative evidence on adolescents’ views of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2005

  This study examines how young people in sub-Saharan Africa view sexual and reproductive health issues. It also explores what they think about sources of sexual and reproductive health information and services.
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  Involving young people in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia

  Horizons, 2004

  This study, from the Horizons programme, examines the potential of trained members of anti-AIDS clubs to contribute to care, support and stigma-reduction activities and attempts to determine the impact of their involvement in these activities on HIV-related beliefs and behaviours.
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  The less they know, the better: abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This Human Rights Watch report finds that United States (U.S.) funded organisations are scaling up programmes in Uganda that promote sexual abstinence and fidelity within heterosexual marriage to the exclusion of all other HIV prevention strategies. These programmes, the report argues, deprive young people of life-saving information.
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  HIV, malaria and beyond: reducing the disease burden of female adolescents

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2005

  This article from Malaria Journal asks why female adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa are not being targeted by HIV and malaria control programmes. The authors point out that the highest overlap between malaria and HIV infections occurs in this group, yet control activities are directed towards different target groups.
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  At the crossroads: accelerating youth access to HIV/AIDS interventions

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This UNAIDS pamphlet is based on the proceedings of a multilateral conference entitled "The Evidence for Policies and Programmes to Achieve the Global Goals on HIV/AIDS and Young People," held in 2004.
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  AIDS in Africa during the nineties: Tanzania youth report

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2004

  This MEASURE report examines the general trends in adolescent HIV knowledge, sexual behaviour and condom use in Tanzania during the 1990s. The report specifically considers awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes toward HIV/AIDS, some aspects of sexual behaviour and the relationship between knowledge and behaviour.
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  Going to scale in Ethiopia: mobilizing youth participation in a national HIV/AIDS program

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2004

  This case study, from the Synergy Project, documents a successful youth-adult partnership that used youth-led Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) to communicate sexual and reproductive health needs, and to establish a plan to seek out better sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support services.
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  Reaching out-of-school youth with reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  This paper from Youthnet examines the issue of reaching out-of-school youths with reproductive health (RH) and HIV/AIDS information services. Highlighting the difference between mainstream and socially marginalised out-of-school youth, it examines the link between schooling and safer sexual behaviour, emphasising the benefits of school beyond literacy and knowledge.
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  PLACE in Central Asia: A regional strategy to focus AIDS prevention in Almaty and Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2004

  This report from the Center for Study of Public Opinion details the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) protocol that was implemented in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. PLACE identifies specific sites where HIV/AIDS prevention programmes can be most effective.

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