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  Sexual health experiences of adolescents in three Ghanaian towns

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2003

  The authors of this report state that much of the programmatic literature on adolescents has focused somewhat narrowly on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to contraceptive use. National population policy has placed a heavy emphasis on lowering the fertility rate through increased access to modern contraceptives.
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  Gender and HIV/AIDS: an analysis of Zimbabwe's national policies and programs on HIV/AIDS/STIs

  Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network, 2003

  This report analyses the major Zimbabwean AIDS policies for their take on gender equity and equality.
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  Preventing HIV/AIDS and promoting sexual health among especially vulnerable young people

  Safe Passages to Adulthood, 2002

  This document reports on an expert group meeting on young people's sexual health. The good practice guide introduces practitioners, policy-makers and researchers to two distinct but related concepts - risk and vulnerability.
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  Mobilising gender issues: report from the Living for Tomorrow project on youth, gender and HIV/AIDS prevention

  Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 2002

  This is an overview report of a three year project that took place in Estonia that aimed to combine gender theory and research with action implementation to approach youth, sexual safety and HIV prevention with a challenging focus on gender. The report describes the process of the project as well as its outcomes and the results of research undertaken to explore young people's attitudes.
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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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  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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  Women and health: mainstreaming the gender perspective into the health sector

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 1998

  An Expert Group Meeting on "Women and Health – Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective into the Health Sector" was organised in Tunisia in 1998, in preparation for the forty-third session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1999 which considered "Women and Health" as a priority theme.
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  Pushing and pulling HIV/AIDS vaccines

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2000

  Market forces drive technology research and development (R&D). Demands for high return on investment result in a lack of investment capital for technologies for the poor such as an HIV/AIDS vaccine.
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  Potential barriers to demand for an AIDS/HIV vaccine in developing countries

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2000

  In many studies, it has been assumed that everyone would demand access to an AIDS vaccine if it was available. Yet in reality, there are significant barriers to the consumer in demanding an AIDS vaccine, as has been observed with other vaccines.
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  Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in China: research on public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in cities and towns

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003

  This short paper begins by providing a background to HIV/AIDS and its prevalence in China.

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