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  Surmounting challenges: procurement of antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  As the price of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in low- and middle-income countries has fallen in recent years, governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations have been able to start developing treatment programmes for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
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  A public health approach to antiretroviral treatment: overcoming constraints. (Perspectives and practice in antiretroviral treatment)

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This publication reviews the experiences of ARV programmes already underway in countries with very severe HIV epidemics but with constrained resources, as in most of Africa and part of the Caribbean.
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  Back to basics in HIV prevention: focus on exposure

  British Medical Journal, 2003

  Despite 20 years of experience with HIV prevention programmes, the number of people infected continues to rise. Why have we not done better? Some people suggest that we have focused too much on the behaviours that spread the virus, rather than on the social and economic conditions that promote such behaviours.
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  Antiretroviral treatment in developing countries: the peril of neglecting private providers

  British Medical Journal, 2003

  New initiatives and global partnerships are trying to increase access to antiretroviral drugs. However, these initiatives largely ignore the fact that most poor people who suspect they have a sexually transmitted infection seek care in the private sector.
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  Measuring medicine prices, availability, affordability and price components (2nd edition)

  World Health Organization, 2008

  In developing countries, most medicines are paid out-of-pocket by individual patients rather than being subsidised through social insurance.
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  Traning course for the 100% condom use programme

  World Health Organization, 2002

  This is a manual for programme managers who wish to implement the 100% condom use programme (CUP) for female sex workers.
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  Sustainable livelihoods approaches and the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a preliminary resource paper

  Eldis Document Store, 2001

  What work is being done that addresses HIV/AIDS as a livelihoods issue? How can a sustainable livelihoods approach to HIV/AIDS impact and mitigation be taken forward? This paper is part of a process through which DFID aims to engage with a range of actors to look at HIV/AIDS as a livelihoods issue in both Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
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  Labour market and employment implications of HIV/AIDS

  International Labour Organization, 2000

  The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that at least 26 million people infected with HIV worldwide are workers aged 15 to 49 years, in the prime of their working lives.
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  Human capital and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  One of the most significant features of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is its concentration in the working age population (aged 15-49) such that those with critical social and economic roles are disproportionately affected.The overall objective of this paper produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) is to provide some insights into the effects of the HIV epidemic on human capital in sub-Sa
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  Shadow on the continent: public health and HIV/AIDS in Africa in the 21st century

  The Lancet, 2002

  Approaches to the prevention and control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa have been heavily based on early experiences and policies from industrialised countries, where the disease affects specific risk groups. HIV/AIDS has been dealt with differently from other sexually transmitted or lethal infectious diseases, despite being Africa’s leading cause of death.

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