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  United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

  WWW/gopher site with information on UNIFEM and its programmes. Focuses on three main areas of activity: economic empowerment; governance and leadership; Women's human rights.
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  Effects of the global fund on reproductive health in Ethiopia and Malawi: baseline findings

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2005

  This report by Partners for Health Reformplus, assesses the effects of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and Malaria (GF), and the activities it supports on reproductive health and family planning programmes in Ethiopia and Malawi.
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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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  Reducing AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in Indian hospitals

  Population Council, USA, 2006

  This Population Council report identifies strengths and limitations of services for HIV infected individuals in hospitals in India. Stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive people and those perceived to be infected are common in hospitals and act as barriers to seeking and receiving critical treatment.
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  The lost children of universal access: issues in scaling up HIV testing and counselling

  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2006

  This paper, by Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, reviews national HIV testing and counselling (HTC) policies and technical guidelines aimed at children in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. HTC is essential for increasing access to treatment, care, support and prevention. However there are gaps in current tools and guidance on providing HTC to infants and children.
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  Improving female recruitment, participation, and retention among peer educators in the Geração BIZ Program in Mozambique

  Pathfinder International, 2006

  This report from Pathfinder International outlines an intervention to boost the number of young women participating as peer workers in a youth work project in Mozambique.
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  A study identifying factors affecting retention of midwives in Malawi

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2003

  This study, from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, examines the retention of midwives in Malawi. The study looks specifically at the Safe Motherhood Project (SMP) in southern Malawi, whose aim is to lower the maternal mortality rate. However, one of the main barriers for the project to achieve its aim has been attrition of skilled attendants, such as midwives.
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  For goodness sake!: Asia-Pacific faith-based organizations battle HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003

  This chapter, from the book HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support: Stories from the Community, examines the response to HIV and AIDS of faith-based organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper explores the range of activities these organisations have undertaken.
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  Linking local knowledge with global action: examining the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through a knowledge system lens

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), examines how the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) is affecting the role of knowledge in decision making. The authors argue that little is known about how knowledge from research on public health impacts on decision making at the policy level.
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  Dream: an integrated faith-based initiative to treat HIV/AIDS in Mozambique

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This case study, from the World Health Organization, describes DREAM, a faith-based initiative to treat HIV and AIDS in Mozambique.

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