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  Integrating nutrition security with treatment of people living with HIV: lessons being learned in Kenya

  Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, 2006

  This report from RENEWAL highlights the key constraints, opportunities and challenges in strengthening the nutrition security of people living with HIV on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Kenya. It examines an ARV programme which began giving food to patients after discovering that many were malnourished.
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  From access to adherence: the challenges of antiretroviral treatment

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This report demonstrates that access to antiretrovirals (ARVs) is only one part of the treatment equation. The study presents studies from Botswana, Tanzania and Uganda. It argues that without targeted patient support, patients may not take their medicines regularly or frequently enough (adherence), and lose the therapeutic benefits of treatment.
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  Women lead in the fight against AIDS

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2006

  This publication, from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), provides powerful stories of a range of women who are actively engaged in the response to HIV and AIDS. Each woman’s story describes her experiences and the AIDS situation in her respective country. Country experiences include Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ukraine, Kenya, Swaziland, Bangladesh, Nepal, USA and Pakistan.
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  2006 report on the global AIDS epidemic

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2006

  This UNAIDS report provides comprehensive data on country responses to the AIDS epidemic. It reveals that important progress has been made since the UN’s 2001 Special Session on HIV/AIDS, but that the response to HIV has varied widely between counties and regions.
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  Towards universal access: assessment by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS on scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2006

  This publication, produced by UNAIDS, provides an update on the status of scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. It is based on numerous consultations and submissions from country members. The document identifies a number of key challenges that stand in the way of universal access.
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  Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: five years later

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Environment and Development, 2006

  This report, from the United Nations Secretary General, provides an update on progress in the global response to HIV and AIDS since the 2001 special session. The report is based on nearly 120 country progress reports from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as well as over 30 reports from civil society, and national and global surveys.
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  HIV/AIDS in the transitional countries of eastern Europe and central Asia

  Clinical Medicine, 2005

  This article, from Clinical Medicine, examines how changing economic and social environments have contributed to AIDS epidemics in the transitional countries of eastern Europe and central Asia. The authors outline how AIDS became a major threat to health, economic stability and human development during the 1990s.
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  HIV/AIDS: the health development challenge of our times

  Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide, 2005

  This presentation, given at the Institute of Development Studies 2005 Alumni Reunion, gives an overview of how the development sector has been involved in the response to HIV and AIDS. The development community, along with government, has been relatively slow to respond to the crisis.
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  Rethinking rights and responsibilities in a time of AIDS

  Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide, 2005

  This article, written for a South African newspaper, explores the debates over rights and responsibilities for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Many public health practitioners have called for compulsory AIDS testing, citing the rights and responsibilities of citizens when it comes to health matters.
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  Rights passages from "near death" to "new life": AIDS activism and treatment testimonies in South Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This IDS working paper explores how the combination of illness experiences and involvement in treatment programmes has dramatically altered the lives, identities and futures of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in South Africa.

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