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  Language, identity and HIV: The responsible use of language

  Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2012

  Language matters. It impacts on how we think about ourselves, as individuals within our families and within society. As advocates and activists, we constantly use language as a tool to effect change.
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  Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: A Policy Framework

  2011

  Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: A Policy Framework (January 2011) was developed by GNP+ and UNAIDS through consultation with networks of people living with HIV, civil society, governments, UN cosponsors and donors globally. The Policy Framework provides the broad concepts that represent the first steps towards operationalising Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention.
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  Best practices guidance in conducting HIV research with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in rights-constrained environments

  American Foundation for AIDS Research, 2011

  This guidance tool has been developed for both researchers and community-based organisations in rights- constrained environments. The guidance is intended to help both researchers and community organizations to:
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  Sex Work and the Law in Asia and the Pacific

  United Nations Development Programme, 2012

  The report is intended to provide an evidence-base for: policy makers working in government, regional and multilateral organizations; parliamentarians; members of the judiciary; civil society organizations; donor agencies; and sex workers and their organizations engaged in advocacy to improve the legal and policy enabling environment for HIV responses.
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  Nutritional status of HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy and the impact of nutritional supplementation in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

  South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010

  The study was a descriptive prospective trial aimed to describe the nutritional status and impact of current nutrition intervention strategies on weight changes in adult HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy. Results showed that patients from Kuruman had a greater incidence of underweight compared to other towns, with a median BMI of 17.9kg/sqmeter.
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  Anthropometric and immunological success of antiretroviral therapy and prediction of virological success in West African adults

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2008

  The 6 month assessment of the response to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical step. In sub-Saharan Africa, few people have access to plasma viral-load measurement. The gain or loss in body mass index (BMI) was assessed alone or in combination with corresponding gain in CD4 cells as a tool for predicting the response to ART.
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  Clinical predictors cannot replace biological predictors in HIV-2 infection in a community setting in West Africa

  Science Direct, 2012

  The was a prospective community cohort aimed to identify clinical predictors of mortality in HIV-2 infected individuals that may be used in place of CD4 count or plasma viral load to guide treatment management in resource limited settings. Participants were followed up for 7years. In 2003, 146 HIV-2 infected individuals were examined. Over the next 7years, 44 died.
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  The neurological and neurocognitive function of HIV-infected children commenced on antiretroviral therapy

  African Journals Online - AJOL, 2008

  This prospective study aims to describe the neurological and neurocognitive deficits in HIV-infected children and the short-term effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the observed deficit. 39 children were evaluated before the start of HAART and 30 were reassessed 6month later. The subjects were evaluated with a range of cognitive tests used in everyday clinical practice.
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  MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Serosorting and Strategic Positioning

  2012

  This technical bulletin focuses on two HIV risk reduction strategies known as serosorting and strategic positioning. The bulletin gives an overview of both the strategies and includes information and current research on the community perception as well as possible limitations of these two strategies as a form of HIV risk reduction.
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  MSMGF Technical Bulletin: Treatment as Prevention (TasP)

  2012

  This technical bulletin gives an overview to what treatment as prevention (TasP). Treatment as prevention (TasP) is a HIV prevention intervention where treating an HIV-positive person with antiretroviral medication is used to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to a negative partner.

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