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    AIDS discrimination in Asia

    Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004
    This report by the Asia Pacific Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) documents a peer-led study on AIDS-related stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in Asia. Findings show that over 80 per cent of respondents experienced some form of discrimination in the health sector, the community, the family and the workplace.
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    Maximizing resources to meet client needs: evaluation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support model in India

    Horizons, 2004
    This report, from the Horizons Project, provides findings from an assessment of the YRG CARE (Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education) model in Southern India.
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    Scaling up prevention and treatment for TB and HIV: report of the 4th TB/HIV global working group meeting

    World Health Organization, 2004
    This document reports on the fourth TB/HIV global working group meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in September 2004, which focused on scaling up collaborative prevention and treatment efforts to address the growing pandemic of both diseases.
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    Community care, change, and hope: local responses to HIV in Zambia

    Synergy Project, USAID, 2004
    This case study from The Synergy Project documents a successful model for facilitating a strong community response to HIV and AIDS. The model was used in the Salvation Army Change programme in the Ndola and Choma districts of Zambia. It aims to build on local strengths and resources which enable ordinary people to address barriers to using HIV and AIDS information and services.
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    HIV/AIDS in Kenya: a review of research and policy issues

    Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004
    This paper examines the magnitude, distribution and causes of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, attempts to assess the success of policy responses, and reviews the literature concerning theoretical and empirical research approaches used in analysing the impacts of HIV/AIDS.Drawing on results from various secondary sources, the paper finds that:in 2001, there were around 2.5 million people living with
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    Scaling up HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Africa: what can evaluation studies tell us about potential prevention impacts?

    Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004
    This study, published by Cornell University, explores the impact of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) on risk behaviour in Africa by applying new questions and theoretical frameworks to existing evidence. The paper examines the claim that scaling up HIV VCT programmes in Africa will have major prevention benefits through reduction in risk behaviours.
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    Renewing our voice: code of good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS

    Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS, 2004
    HIV/AIDS is recognised as an unprecedented global development challenge. This code sets out a number of guiding principles which apply a human rights approach to the range of HIV/AIDS-specific health, development and humanitarian work undertaken by NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS.
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    Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities

    World Health Organization, 2004
    The HIV pandemic presents a massive challenge to the control of tuberculosis (TB) at all levels. Tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of morbidity and one of the leading causes of mortality in people living with HIV/AIDS.
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    Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities

    British Medical Journal, 2004
    This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reach the poorest populations. This is because the poorest mothers are more likely to deliver at home than in a health facility.
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    HIV prevention in maternal health services: a training guide

    EngenderHealth, 2004
    This training manual, produced by EngenderHealth, provides guidance on how to integrate prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into maternal health services. Its objective is to build the capacity of programme managers and staff to meet the HIV and STI needs of women who are pregnant or who have given birth.

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