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    Prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child: Strategic options

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15 years. In countries where blood products are regularly screened and clean syringes and needles are widely available, it is virtually the only source in young children.Paper reviews methods for forming a national policy on prevention and treatment.
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    The impact of adult deaths on children's health in northwestern Tanzania

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    The AIDS epidemic is dramatically increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African countries, with potentially severe consequences for surviving family members.
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    Strategic approaches to HIV prevention and AIDS mitigation in rural communities and households in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
    This paper aims to provide a suggested framework of action for FAO' s engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention and impact-mitigation in rural Sub Saharan Africa at the community and household level.
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    In the shadow of death: HIV/AIDS and children's rights in Kenya

    Human Rights Watch, 2001
    This article explores the problem of HIV/AIDS among the childhood population in Kenya.The article finds that:HIV prevalence in the population of Kenya increased steadily and consistently by about 1 percentage point a year from 1990 to 1999.
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    The impact of armed conflict on children

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000
    This document reviews the wide-ranging series of actions taken in response to the recommendations of the 1996 Machel Report. Many of the significant achievements are woven into this text, which constitutes an early summary of a book that will be published in early 2001.
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    Mother-to-child transmission of HIV

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000
    Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the overwhelming source of HIV infection in young children. Of the 3 million infants infected with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic, about 90% have been born in Africa. However, the number of cases in India and South-East Asia appears to be rising rapidly.
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    From single parents to child-headed households: the case of children orphaned by AIDS in Kisumu and Siaya districts in Kenya

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    The socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are felt in a growing number of countries and increasing mortality rates among adults are threatening economic and social well-being.This study looks at the status, needs and skills of orphans, especially those orphaned by AIDS and shows that:when a husband dies of AIDS in a family, the mother is also often living with HIV/AIDS a
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    Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999
    This document presents three sets of studies on the determinants of HIV-related vulnerability among young peopleThe report is available as a whole, and in 4 smaller sections: Overview/introductionYoung people
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    The State of the World’s Children 2001

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2001
    Drawing on reports from the world over, The State of the World’s Children 2001 details the daily lives of parents and other caregivers who are striving – in the face of war, poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic – to protect the rights and meet the needs of these young children.
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    Children on the brink : updated estimates & recommendations for intervention [HIV/AIDS impacts on children]

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2000
    This executive summary of the report includes: new orphan estimates for 34 countries; a description of what children, families, and communities are doing to address their growing orphan problems; strategies for intervention that have been adopted; and a new strategic agenda to guide coherent action by the world communityAIDS has transformed large-scale orphaning, historically a sporadic, short

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