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  Ask your aunty:  sex education in rural Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Developing sex education for young people in sub-Saharan Africa is essential if the battle against HIV is to be won. Information about sex and marriage has traditionally been passed on to young girls by the 'senga', their father’s sister, in rural Uganda.  The UK's Medical Research Council carried out a pilot study which adapted this traditional institution in an attempt to combat AIDS.
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  Surviving the strain: HIV mortality rates in the Gambia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  What are the chances of surviving AIDS? Do different strains of the HIV virus have different mortality rates?  The Medical Research Council, together with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looked at the mortality rates of patients in The Gambia with HIV-1, HIV-2 and of patients with both infections. 
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  On best behaviour: men's attitudes to sexual health in Cambodia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The HIV epidemic in Cambodia is one of the most serious in Asia. The main cause of the rapid increase in infection is unprotected heterosexual sex.
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  Adolescent girls literacy initiative for reproductive health (A GIFT for RH)

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This paper reports on a study that examines the impact of a health-focused literacy class in Nepal that combines reproductive health knowledge along with literacy training.
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  Accelerating action against AIDS in Africa

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2003

  This report, presented at ICASA 2003 in Nairobi, assesses current global commitments to addressing HIV/AIDS. It states that, despite the fact that the pandemic has recently reached the top of the African and international agenda, resources are still nowhere near sufficient.
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  TRIPS, drug patents and access to medicines: balancing incentives for R&D with public health concerns

  Knowledge Economy Node, Development Gateway, 2003

  This interview with Professor Kieth Maskus looks into the impacts of the agreed deal on implementing the Doha declaration on TRIPs and public health.The questioning focuses on the likely impacts of the agreement on pharmaceutical companies, generic producers and developing countries but also looks into some of the likely interpretation of the wording of the agreement.Key points are:E
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  Family planning plus: HIV/AIDS basics for NGOs and family planning program managers integrating reproductive health and HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs & CBOs: Volume I

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This curriculum was developed to provide staff of non-governmental organisations and the community at large a deeper understanding of the dynamics and effects of HIV/AIDS and to sensitise them to the current issues and challenges that people living with HIV/AIDS face.
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  Partners for positive action: social mobilization for HIV/AIDS prevention, care & support: integrating reproductive health & HIV/AIDS for NGOs, FBOs and CBOs: volume 4

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This manual describes a training programme to help participants (mid-level program or field managers) develop basic skills of mid-level field and program managers in planning social mobilisation efforts at multiple levels to address HIV/AIDS issues in Nepal.The manual demonstrates that a single workshop is not enough to fully address the complexities of social change.
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  Just die quietly: domestic violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV in Uganda

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This paper argues that women are becoming infected with HIV because the state is failing to protect them from domestic violence. It bases the report on 120 interviews with Ugandan women.The paper argues that many women are victims of marital rape.
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  Sang Fan Wan Mai youth group: tiny steps by youth to battle the AIDS crisis

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2001

  This paper describes the work of Sang Fan Wan Mai in educating young people about HIV/AIDS. It demonstrates the work of the Sang Fan Wan Mai youth group’s puppet show in educating children about HIV/AIDS: how it is spread and contracted, how to prevent infections, and how to live with HIV positive people.

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