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  Scaling up HIV/AIDS care: service delivery and human resources perspectives

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines the results of a study into the human resources implications of delivering anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Estimating health workforce needs for antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

  Human Resources for Health, 2006

  This article from Human Resources for Health assesses the number of health workers that will be needed in developing countries to deliver comprehensive services, including antiretroviral therapy (ART), to those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Time for action on TB communication

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  This briefing, published by Panos, argues that communication needs to be placed centrally on the tuberculosis (TB) agenda. It notes that, whilst many logistical and medical components of the global response to TB are relatively robust, the communication part is lacking.
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  Integrating efforts to prevent HIV, other STIs, and pregnancy among teens in developing countries: three case studies

  Advocates for Youth, 2005

  This paper, published by Advocates for Youth, discusses integrated approaches to preventing HIV, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unintended pregnancy among people under the age of 25, drawing on case studies from Madagascar, Nicaragua, and Cameroon.
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  Reporting manual on HIV/AIDS

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005

  This manual, published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, was designed for journalists covering the global epidemic, often on short notice. It covers a broad range of subjects including the science, treatment and prevention of AIDS. It argues that as well as being a battle against a virus, addressing AIDS can involve a battle about ideas, cultural taboos, stigma and discrimination.
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  AIDS Communication

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This DFID paper examines the role of communications in project, policy and programme work on HIV and AIDS. Although evidence often highlights the failure of AIDS communications interventions to shift sexual or risk-taking behaviour amongst vulnerable groups, the paper argues that other indications are more positive, for example on the effects of mass media.
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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  A briefing paper for DFID: update on China and India and access to medicines

  DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2005

  This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre, examines how Intellectual Property (IP) agreements impact upon the pharmaceutical sector in China and India, and how this in turn affects access to medicines.
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  WHO global study on domestic violence against women

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This report by the World Health Organization presents a global perspective on domestic violence against women. Covering ten countries including Bangladesh, Peru and Tanzania, the document finds that violence against women is still widespread with far reaching health consequences.The report covers violence against women in both partner and non-partner experiences.
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  Health system capacities in developing countries and global health initiatives on communicable diseases

  Uma Lele, Personal Website, 2005

  The paper assesses seven international health programs addressing communicable diseases, primarily focusing on the focus on the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) and its interactions with other organisations. It argues that global health programmes need to shift away from a tendency for crisis management to a greater focus on longer-term strategic planning and implementati

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