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    The report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic 2002

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002
    The AIDS epidemic is still in an early phase – HIV prevalence is climbing higher than previously believed possible in the worst-affected countries and is continuing to spread rapidly into new populations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.
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    HIV/AIDS: China's titanic peril: 2001 Update of the AIDS situation and needs assessment report

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002
    At the end of 2001, all indications point to the brink of explosive HIV/AIDS epidemics in increasing numbers of areas and populations, with an imminent risk to the widespread dissemination of HIV to the general population through sexual transmission, and potential severe consequences for individual health, community development and social stability.
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    Community mobilization for orphans in Zambia: an assessment of the orphans and vulnerable children programme of Project Concern International

    Displaced Children and Orphans Fund & Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID, 1999
    An estimated 78 percent of Zambia’s current orphans are the result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The paper argues that:finding effective ways to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families must become a top national prioritystrategies to mitigate the problems of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children must focus on strengthening the capacities of the extended family and
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    Making AIDS part of the global development agenda

    Finance and Development, IMF, 2002
    Developing countries that do not, or cannot, protect human capital will not be able to participate fully in the global economy, much less take advantage of the opportunities it affords. This paper from the journal Finance and Development, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), looks at opportunities for countries to include strategies for tackling AIDS in their national policy frameworks.
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    Education and HIV/AIDS: a window of hope

    Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2002
    This paper lays out the World Bank's strategies for responding to HIV/AIDS in education systems, and in helping develop an effective preventative response.
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    The global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

    Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002
    This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people, including data on prevalence and incidence, why adolescents are vulnerable to HIV, which young people are at particular risk, and the role of prevention.The document concludes that rates of infection amongst young people are set to increse and thus, prevention interventions directed at youth will
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    Reaching youth worldwide

    Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2002
    The United Nations estimates that one-half of all new HIV/AIDS cases are among 15- to 24-year-olds. Youth also face problems such as unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, and drug and alcohol abuse.
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    Scaling up anti-retroviral therapy in resource limited settings: treatment guidelines for a public health approach (2003 revision)

    World Health Organization WHO File, 2003
    This document from the World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidance on scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings. It is intended primarily for use by Treatment Advisory Boards, national AIDS programme managers, and other senior level policymakers involved in the planning of national and international HIV care strategies in developing countries.
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    Interventions to reduce tuberculosis mortality and transmission in low- and middle-income countries

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2002
    Examines, through a literature review, the impact of tuberculosis control measures on tuberculosis mortality and transmission, and constraints to scaling-up.
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    Older people, children and the HIV/AIDS nexus: the African situation

    Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2000
    Outline of a WHO project to produce evidence on the problem and facilitate grass roots and macro-level partnerships that would ensure the support of older people as assets in all areas of care related to HIV/ AIDS.

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