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    Refugees and AIDS: what should the humanitarian community do?

    Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, 2002
    Sexually transmitted infections and HIV spread fastest where there is poverty, powerlessness and social instability characteristic of refugee and internally displaced populations. This document provides an introduction for humanitarian programme workers to issues of HIV and AIDS.
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    Developing materials on HIV/AIDS/STIs for low-literate audiences

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
    This long document details experience and methods for working with low-literate people to communicate complex messages about STIs. The document provides a methodology for development materials for a behaviour change communication programme. It discusses qualitative research for learning about target populations and using those populations' input to develop effective visual messages.
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    Shadow on the continent: public health and HIV/AIDS in Africa in the 21st century

    The Lancet, 2002
    Approaches to the prevention and control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa have been heavily based on early experiences and policies from industrialised countries, where the disease affects specific risk groups. HIV/AIDS has been dealt with differently from other sexually transmitted or lethal infectious diseases, despite being Africa’s leading cause of death.
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    The Compliance Service uses SMS technology for TB treatment

    Bridges.org, 2002
    A service in South Africa that uses the Short Message Service (SMS) to alert tuberculosis (TB) patients to take their medication. The initiative has led to a significant increase in the recovery rate of patients and could lead to savings for healthcare authorities.Cape Town has one of the world's highest incidences of TB, largely due to socio-economic and climatic factors.
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    UNESCO's strategy for HIV/AIDS preventive education

    International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2001
    This document is a UNESCO strategy paper which will guide its actions in the area of HIV/AIDS. It provides an outline of the epidemic's proportions, the need for preventive education and the wider UN strategy for addressing it.
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    The response of African businesses to HIV/AIDS

    Department of International Health, Boston School of Public Health, 2000
    This paper is to summarizes what is known about the internal costs of HIV/AIDS, such as increasing absenteeism, higher pension payouts, and breakdowns in worker discipline and morale, to companies in Commonwealth countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors identify a dozen different types of workforce costs that HIV/AIDS will impose on African companies in the coming years.
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    Care and treatment to extend the working lives of HIV-positive employees: calculating the benefits to business

    Department of International Health, Boston School of Public Health, 2000
    The authors of this paper note that the human resource costs of HIV/AIDS are beginning to be considered by businesses.
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    South African health review 2002

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2003
    The purpose of the SAHR is to provide an annual and longer – term review of the development and implementation of South African health policies. It acts as a barometer for assessing the transformation processes and their impact on provision of equitable health care to all South Africans.
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    The science of HIV/AIDS vaccines: an introduction for community groups

    International Council of AIDS Services Organsiations, 2003
    This is a layman's guide to the science behind attempts to find a vaccine for the HIV virus. It begins by describing the immune system and how it works. It then describes the HIV virus and the effect it has on the immune system.The guide describes the general concept of vaccines and the different types of vaccine and how they work.
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    Managing HIV in the workplace

    Ministry and Department of Public Service and Administration, South Africa, 2002
    The South African public service is the single biggest employer in South Africa, with nearly 1.1 million public servants employed by approximately 140 government departments at national and provincial level. Its role in mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS is therefore important.The guide discusses key principles for addressing HIV in the workplace before looking at policy and planning issues.

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