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  Approaches to rationing antiretroviral treatment: ethical and equity implications

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), explores the ethical dilemmas about who should receive antiretroviral treatment (ART) on publicly subsidised programmes. The article specifically looks at the eligibility and targeting criteria at different points of scale-up in ART programmes in Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Uganda.
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  Exchange on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender: internal HIV/AIDS mainstreaming

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2005

  This is the first issue of Exchange, previously Sexual Health Exchange, produced by the Royal Tropical Institute of the Netherlands in collaboration with Novib (Oxfam Netherlands). The main focus of this edition is mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  Building bridges with SIPPA: Lessons from an African response to HIV and AIDS

  Healthlink Worldwide [formerly Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group ], 2005

  This publication from Healthlink Worldwide examines the lessons learned from the SIPPA programme (Support to the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa). The programme lasted three years and was aimed at developing capacity and promoting coordination between key players at national, regional and local levels to achieve real change in national responses to HIV and AIDS.
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  A briefing paper for DFID: update on China and India and access to medicines

  DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2005

  This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre, examines how Intellectual Property (IP) agreements impact upon the pharmaceutical sector in China and India, and how this in turn affects access to medicines.
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  AIDS epidemic update: special report on HIV prevention

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2005

  This report, produced by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) provides the most recent updates on the AIDS epidemic. Findings show that there are currently over 40 million people living with HIV worldwide, with almost 5 million newly infected in 2005 and over 3 million deaths as a result of AIDS. The report details regional statistics and trends.
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  A rapid situation analysis of the access to care project in northern Thailand

  Horizons, 2004

  This Horizon’s Project situation analysis examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Access to Care (ATC) Project in northern Thailand. The aim of this study is to make recommendations that will improve the quality of anti-retroviral (ARV) services. Findings show that the ATC programme demonstrates successful involvement of the ATC committees, which allow for community participation.
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  Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment and human resources for health: what are the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This document, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), assesses human resources for health (HRH) constraints for scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and identifies strategies for overcoming them. The paper also includes a case study of scaling up a project in Tanzania.
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  Human resources for health and ART scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa: A background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2005

  This report, prepared as a background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign, examines how the current human resources for health (HRH) situation in sub-Saharan Africa will affect attempts to scale up ART (anti-retroviral therapy) delivery. The current HRH crisis is characterised by workforce shortages, poor distribution of workers, and migration of skilled staff to other countries.
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  Responding to HIV/AIDS in Africa: a comparative analysis of responses to the Abuja Declaration in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This ActionAid publication compares the achievements and challenges of four African countries – Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe – in relation to the 2001 Abuja Declaration. The primary goal of the Abuja Declaration was to reverse the rate of HIV infection, TB and other related infectious diseases.
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  Reproductive rights for women affected by HIV/AIDS? A project to monitor Millennium Development Goals 5 and 6

  IPAS, 2005

  This document reports on how six organisations in Argentina, Mexico and Poland, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland tried out a monitoring tool as a data collection method to assess steps along the path toward achieving MDGs 5 and 6.This report is a synthesis of each organisation’s own project report, describes how the monitoring tool was used and outlines the main findings presented by

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