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Searching with a thematic focus on Children and young people, HIV and AIDS

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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on the lives of orphaned children and their guardians

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  Through focus group discussions in two townships in Zambia, this study illustrates the material and psychological impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on individuals and families, and the need to support orphaned children and their guardians.
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  Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS: a comparative analysis of multi-site studies in developing countries (Part 1: Young people and risk-taking in sexual relations)

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999

  What are the best ways to protect young people from the dangers of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? This set of studies from UNAIDS draws on interviews and discussions with nearly 3000 young people in 7 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. They present a comparative analysis that reveal very similar themes and issues.
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  Reproductive health for displaced people: investing in the future

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2004

  Since the mid-1990s, reproductive health services for refugees and displaced people have greatly improved and expanded. This edition of the journal Forced Migration Review is devoted to the issues of sexual and reproductive healthcare in conflict and post-conflict situations.
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  Sexual relations among young people in developing countries: evidence from WHO case studies

  World Health Organization, 2001

  This document reviews various studies on the sexual relations of young people in developing countries. Produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), it aims to identify patterns of behaviour with regard to various aspects of sexual and reproductive health among unmarried youth in a range of socio-cultural settings.
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  HIV/AIDS and children’s migration: a training manual for community workers

  Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, 2004

  This manual for community workers aims to help families and communities make informed decisions regarding children’s migration as a result of HIV/AIDS and to provide support.
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  Senegal Youth Assessment Report: the informal sector and HIV/AIDS: prevention practices and strategies

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This study outlines strategies currently in use in Senegal for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS in youth. It identifies the most efficient strategies regarding adolescent reproductive health (ARH) with an emphasis on STI/HIV/AIDS, as a preliminary step in developing CEDPA’s Youth and HIV/AIDS Initiative.
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  Applying social franchising techniques to youth reproductive health/HIV services

  Family Health International, 2003

  This paper, produced by Family Health International, examines what role social franchising might have in expanding reproductive health and HIV services for youth. The paper finds that of the six primary franchising techniques most easily adaptable to youth programmes, referral mechanisms, and promotion and marketing are those used most often by the projects visited.
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  Beyond the targets: ensuring children benefit from expanded access to HIV/AIDS treatment

  Save the Children Fund, 2004

  This report aims to examine the implications of expanded access to HIV/AIDS treatment, as exemplified by the 3 by 5 initiative, for prevention of HIV in children and young people, and expanding support and care for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.Section One outlines the conceptual links between treatment of parents and child support, and in doing so demonstrates the myri
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  Can the millennium development goals be attained?

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This article, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), focuses on health as central to the achievement of all the millennium development goals (MDGs). Key challenges for health improvement include reversing the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and reducing child and maternal mortality. The authors acknowledge the need for more aid but argue that this is only part of the picture.
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  The impact of life skills education on adolescent sexual risk behaviours

  Population Council, USA, 2004

  This article, published in 'Horizons' by the Population Council, looks at the impact of a life skills programme in South Africa, which aimed to help youth protect themselves against HIV infection and safeguard their reproductive health. Findings showed an increase in exposure to life skills education among most students, particularly in African, Asian and mixed-race schools.

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