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  Gender, HIV/AIDS and food security: linkage and integration into development interventions

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at the links between gender and HIV/AIDS and food security.
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  Dreams & desires: sexual and reproductive health experiences of HIV positive women

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004

  This publication from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) explores the specific sexual and reproductive health issues facing HIV positive women.
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  Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1 infected women in Tanzania

  The Lancet, 1998

  This article, published in The Lancet, reports on a study that assessed the effects of vitamin A and multivitamins on disease progression and birth outcomes in HIV-1 infected women. Among the 1075 women involved in the trial, 30 foetal deaths occurred among women assigned multivitamins compared with 49 among those not on multivitamins.
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  Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a training manual

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2003

  This training manual, produced by the FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance) project, is designed to enable African institutions of higher learning to integrate nutrition and HIV and AIDS into their training programmes.
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  The female condom: dynamics of use in urban Zimbabwe

  Horizons, 2000

  This study from the Horizons Project examines the patterns and dynamics of female condom use in Zimbabwe. The study surveyed female condom users, male condom users and non-users to establish: who uses the female condom, why it is used, where people learn about it, how consistently it is used and if it is a substitute for the male condom.
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  Girls, HIV/AIDS and education

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This paper looks at the links between sexual knowledge/behaviour and educational level among young people.
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  Nutrition counselling, care and support for HIV-infected women: guidelines on HIV-related care, treatment and support for HIV-infected women and their children in resource –constrained settings.

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This World Health Organization document reviews current evidence on the relationship between nutrition and HIV and AIDS, as well as on the role of nutrition in HIV transmission, disease progression, morbidity, and disease management. Based on this review, it makes detailed recommendations on nutrition counselling, care and support for HIV-infected women.
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  The safety and feasibility of female condom reuse: report of a WHO consultation

  World Health Organization, 2002

  This document is from the second WHO consultation on the reuse of the female condom. One aim of the consultation was to review the results and evaluation of recent microbiology studies on structural integrity, microbial disinfectant and safety in human use.
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  The female condom: opportunities & challenges in South Asia

  United Nations Population Fund, 2002

  This paper from UNFPA examines experiences of the female condom as a tool for HIV prevention in the South Asian context. The document provides summary information on the product, outlines a pilot experience, and synthesises policy and programmatic considerations.
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  The female condom: from research to the marketplace

  Family Health International, 1997

  This article from Family Health International (FHI) is based on a 1997 conference on the female condom. The document outlines the key questions and major issues discussed at the conference, such as scientific research, empowerment of women, price as a barrier, policy, product delivery, gender sensitive implementation strategies and evaluation.

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