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  25 years of essential medicines progress

  Essential Drugs and Medicine Policy, WHO, 2003

  The historic first meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the Selection of Essential Drugs took place in Geneva in 1977. Today, more than 150 countries have adopted the concept and developed their own national lists of essential medicines.This special issue of the Essential Drugs Monitor, produced by the WHO, celebrates 25 years of the essential medicines concept.
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  The application of geographical information systems to important public health problems in Africa

  International Journal of Health Geographics, BioMed Central, 2002

  This article, published in the International Journal of Health Geographics by BioMed Central, considers the application of geographical information systems (GIS) technology to health research and planning in Africa.
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  Scaling up antiretroviral treatment in the public sector in Nigeria: a comprehensive analysis of resource requirements

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2004

  This report from Partners for Health Reformplus presents estimates of the total cost of providing comprehensive antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public sector in Nigeria.
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  Lessons learned from mainstreaming HIV into the poverty eradication action plan in Uganda

  John Snow International UK, 2003

  In 1991 Uganda was the first country to adopt a multi-sectoral approach to HIV. It has since been hailed as a Sub Saharan African success story. HIV prevalence has declined from a high of 20% in 1992 to 6.1% in 2001.
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  Running out of breath: TB care in the 21st century

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2004

  This paper, produced by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), examines current TB control efforts, focusing on the internationally recommended DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course) programme strategy. It also reviews diagnostic tools and TB treatments, and considers research and development (R&D) needs.
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  Integrating HIV voluntary counselling and testing services into reproductive health settings

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004

  This guide, produced by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), provides information on how to integrate voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS into sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programmes.
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  Human capacity-building plan for scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment

  World Health Organization, 2003

  In order to meet the target of delivering simplified, standardised antiretroviral treatment services to 3 million people by the end of 2005, it is estimated that up to 100,000 people need to be trained.
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  Impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: the issue of human resources.

  US Agency for International Development, 2001

  As African countries scale up HIV/AIDS programmes, human resource policy and management must be considered a priority investment. Issues to be considered include: commitment of funds; development of provider skills to meet the changing patient mix and disease profiles; and diagnostic, care, and support therapies.
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  Sexually transmitted infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: the use and effectiveness of treatment kits

  Population Services International, 2001

  This document explores the potential of pre-packaged treatment kits for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Stepping back from the edge: the pursuit of antiretroviral therapy in Botswana, South Africa and Uganda

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2003

  This Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) ‘Best Practice Collection’ describes who is taking the initiative on better access to antiretrovirals at grass-roots level and how they are doing it. The report offers firsthand experience from HIV/AIDS programmes in three African countries.

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