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The strategic use and potential demand for an HIV vaccine in Southern Africa
World Bank, 2003This paper investigates the issues around the targeting of an eventual HIV vaccine.The authors identify potential target groups for a vaccine, and estimate how many individuals would be in need of vaccination. They develop a method for estimating how many cases of HIV infection are likely to be avoided for each vaccinated individual.DocumentThe epidemiological impact of an HIV vaccine on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern India
World Bank, 2003This paper examines the potential epidemiological impact of preventive HIV vaccines on the HIV epidemic in Southern India using a mathematical deterministic dynamic compartmental model.Various assumptions about the degree of protection offered by such a vaccine, the extent of immunological response of those vaccinated, and the duration of protection afforded are explored.DocumentThe potential demand for an HIV/AIDS vaccine in Brazil
World Bank, 2002This study assesses the potential demand by the public sector for a preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine in Brazil and the costs of alternative strategies for a vaccination program.The study reviews the cost and impact of HIV/AIDS in Brazil, in terms of disease and economic burden, as a proxy for the benefits of an HIV/AIDS vaccine.DocumentHIV/AIDS: a guide for nutrition, care and support
ProNUTRITION, 2001This paper provides information for HIV/AIDS-affected households and communities on how to live a healthy life from the time of infection with HIV through the progression of the disease.The information focuses on dietary and care practices for adults during different stages of HIV and also provides suggestions for all household and community members coping with the infection and trying to maintDocumentFHI/UNAIDS best practices in HIV/AIDS prevention collection
Family Health International, 2001This collection of work is centred on HIV/AIDS prevention in the non-industrialised world and is based on studies performed by FHI's international and local partners in an international HIV prevention, the AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project.The book offers case studies, models and lessons learnt to assist individuals, communities, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, businDocumentSouth Asia HIV/AIDS conference
United Nations Children's Fund, 2003This resource presents a series of background papers from the South Asia HIV/AIDS conference, held in Kathmandu in February 2003.The objective of the Conference was to arrive at a South Asia consensus on how to bring about greater accountability for the prevention of a large-scale epidemic in South Asia and how to monitor results in the fight against HIV/AIDS as a follow-up to the goals and tarDocumentWABA/UNICEF Colloquium on HIV and breastfeeding
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, 2002This resource is a collection of conference presentations on breastfeeding and HIV transmission, includingthe role of breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV and infant feedingHIV and infant feeding: a framework for priority actionsexperiences with early cessation of breast feeding among HIV infected women in Kampala, UgandaPMTCT, infant feeding: the Botswana experienceHIV andDocumentMeasuring medicine prices, availability, affordability and price components (2nd edition)
World Health Organization, 2008In developing countries, most medicines are paid out-of-pocket by individual patients rather than being subsidised through social insurance.DocumentHIV/AIDS and STI prevention and care in Rwandan refugee camps in the United Republic of Tanzania
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2003This monograph documents the first large-scale AIDS and STI intervention programme to be implemented during a refugee crisis. It describes the operational aspects of the intervention, the observed impact and the effect this experience had on policies and practices in other refugee situations, among both international and nongovernmental organizations.