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    Five myths about the HIV epidemic in Asia

    Public Library of Science Medicine, 2006
    This article from PLoS Medicine challenges the current consensus on how to respond to the high rates of HIV infection in many Asian countries. The authors outline five widely-held assumptions about HIV in Asia which underpin current action on this crisis and which they believe are misinformed.
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    Understanding positive women's realities: Exchange Autum 2006

    Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender, 2006
    This issue of Exchange, produced in association with the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), focuses on the experience of women living with HIV. The issue focuses particularly on sexual and reproductive rights.
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    AIDS epidemic update: December 2006

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2006
    This report from UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides an overview of the number of people living with HIV globally at the end of 2006. It shows that the number of people living with HIV, as well as the number of people dying from AIDS, continues to grow despite increased access to treatment and prevention programmes.
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    Effect of the HIV epidemic on infant feeding in South Africa: "When they see me coming with the tins they laugh at me"

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006
    This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, explores how the HIV epidemic has affected the infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in South Africa. The paper finds that the HIV epidemic has changed the context in which infant-feeding choices are made and implemented.
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    Fulfilling fatherhood: experiences from HIV positive fathers

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2005
    This document from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) highlights some of the issues facing men who are living with HIV and who are fathers.
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    Breaking barriers: effective communication for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010

    Panos AIDS Programme, 2006
    This report from Panos argues that there is an urgent need to strengthen communication approaches in HIV prevention work, and in projects aimed at increasing access to HIV testing, treatment and care. The report assesses what lessons can be learned from the successful responses to the epidemic that have been carried out in various countries.
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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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    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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    Scaling-up the HIV/AIDS response: from alignment and harmonisation to mutual accountability

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    This briefing paper, from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), argues that scaling-up towards universal access to treatment for HIV and AIDS depends on strengthening underlying processes upon which results are delivered.
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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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