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    Global reporting initiative: HIV/AIDS program

    Ford Motor Company, 2004
    This report, from the Ford Motor Company, details how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is affecting the corporation under the terms of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI is a multi-stakeholder process whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.
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    Access to condoms and HIV/AIDS information: a global health and human rights concern

    Human Rights Watch, 2004
    This Human Rights Watch briefing paper documents censorship of information, myths and restrictions on condoms in a number of countries. While condoms remain the single most effective device against sexually-transmitted HIV, they face government-imposed constraints in numerous countries worldwide. This brief outlines the United States’ (US) "War on Condoms", and religious opposition.
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    The treatment era: ART in Africa

    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2004
    This new resource from IRIN’s Plusnews website looks at the issues involved in anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Africa. As a result of falling antiretroviral prices, new sources of international funding and growing political commitment, providing treatment for Africa’s HIV-positive citizens is an achievable goal.
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    Renewing our voice: code of good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS

    Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS, 2004
    HIV/AIDS is recognised as an unprecedented global development challenge. This code sets out a number of guiding principles which apply a human rights approach to the range of HIV/AIDS-specific health, development and humanitarian work undertaken by NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS.
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    AIDS Epidemic Update 2004

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004
    This joint UNAIDS/WHO report outlines the most recent trends in the global AIDS epidemic. Women are increasingly affected by HIV and make up nearly half of the 37.2 million living with HIV world wide. In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 60 percent of adults living with HIV are women. The report identifies Southern Africa as the worst-hit region with HIV prevalence rates surpassing 25 percent.
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    Mapping made easy: a guide to understanding and responding to HIV vulnerability

    UNDP South-East Asia HIV and Development Program, 2004
    This document is a step-by-step guide to identifying and understanding spatial links related to HIV vulnerability, aimed at those who work in HIV prevention and AIDS care. Looking at HIV vulnerability is important as it looks beyond responding to high risk behaviours and aims to address the broader issues of response, such as mobility and development.
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    Rapid appraisal of primary level health care services for HIV-positive children at public sector clinics in South Africa

    Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2002
    South Africa has a large and growing number of HIV-infected children. While no policy exists to provide anti-retroviral therapy to these children, several other effective health and social interventions are available which have been shown to improve life expectancy and quality of life in HIV-infected children.
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    Responding to HIV/AIDS in the East Asia and Pacific Region: a strategy note for the World Bank

    Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003
    This paper outlines a strategic direction for the World Bank’s multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS in the East Asian and Pacific region. It describes the risk of a large-scale HIV/AIDS epidemic in the area and outlines what is being done to stop the growth of this epidemic, as well as what can be done at country and regional level.
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    Sex work toolkit: targeted HIV/AIDS prevention and care in sex work settings

    World Health Organization, 2004
    This WHO toolkit is intended as a resource to guide the development and implementation of effective HIV interventions in diverse sex work settings and is aimed at anyone who works in HIV prevention in these settings. The first section of the toolkit provides an introduction and context for HIV interventions in sex work.
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    Scaling-up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
    This IPFRI discussion paper examines the scaling-up of the STEPS initiative (Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Interventions Through Expanded Partnerships) in Malawi, and the factors which interfere with this process.

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