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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, ARVs, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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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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  Consultation on HIV treatment in the context of prevention trials

  Global Campaign for Microbicides, 2003

  This document reports on a consultation in February 2003 on HIV treatment in the context of prevention trials, organised by the Global Campaign for Microbicides and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).
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  If not now, when?: HIV, drugs and prevention

  Christian Aid, 2004

  This Christian Aid report argues that the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) must go hand in hand with HIV prevention for success. The report first describes the global HIV crisis. It then outlines the barriers which prevent ART from stopping the HIV epidemic and ways to overcome these barriers.
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  HIV prevention in the era of expanded treatment access

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004

  This report by the Global HIV prevention working group argues that long term success against HIV and AIDS requires simultaneous expansion of both antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention. The report makes detailed recommendations on how to effectively integrate HIV prevention into expanding HIV treatment programmes.
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  Community care, change, and hope: local responses to HIV in Zambia

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2004

  This case study from The Synergy Project documents a successful model for facilitating a strong community response to HIV and AIDS. The model was used in the Salvation Army Change programme in the Ndola and Choma districts of Zambia. It aims to build on local strengths and resources which enable ordinary people to address barriers to using HIV and AIDS information and services.
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  Scaling up HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Africa: what can evaluation studies tell us about potential prevention impacts?

  Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004

  This study, published by Cornell University, explores the impact of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) on risk behaviour in Africa by applying new questions and theoretical frameworks to existing evidence. The paper examines the claim that scaling up HIV VCT programmes in Africa will have major prevention benefits through reduction in risk behaviours.
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  The burden of co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and malaria in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004

  This American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene report reviews information collected over the last 15 years which explores the connections between HIV and malaria in pregnant women. The article examines the effect of maternal HIV on malaria during pregnancy, as well as the effect of maternal malaria on HIV.
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  Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reach the poorest populations. This is because the poorest mothers are more likely to deliver at home than in a health facility.
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  HIV/AIDS as a security issue in Africa: lessons from Uganda

  International Crisis Group, 2004

  This report is the third in a series on HIV/AIDS as a security issue from the International Crisis Group (ICG), and draws on the policy experience of Uganda. The report asserts that HIV/AIDS prevention and conflict prevention should go hand in hand: evidence suggests that war can lead to increased risks of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS can make conflicts worse.
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  The Zambia HIV/AIDS workforce study: preparing for scale-up

  US Agency for International Development, 2004

  Anticipating significant scale-up of its current HIV/AIDS services, the Zambian Central Board of Health commissioned this study of the human resource implications. The study collected data at 16 government, NGO, and private for-profit sites across Zambia that currently provide VCT, P-MTCT, and ART services.

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