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  Pasteurized breastmilk as a replacement feed for babies of HIV-infected mothers

  ProNUTRITION, 2003

  This short report offers a guide for mothers demonstrating how they can use their own milk for their babies, while simultaneously avoiding any risk of post-partum transmission of the virus to their babies through breastfeeding. The two methods shown are flash-boiling and pretoria pasteurization
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  A review of current literature of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children in sub-Saharan Africa

  US Agency for International Development, 2001

  This paper reviews epidemiological characteristics of children affected by HIV/AIDS, coping mechanisms and current knowledge of the impact of HIV on children.
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  USAID report to Congress: care, treatment and support of persons living with AIDS

  US Agency for International Development, 2002

  This paper states the areas of commitment, and reports on the work of USAID in treating and caring for patients with HIV/AIDS.The paper offers examples of USAID work in the following areas:antiretroviral therapyhome-based caretuberculosisopportunistic Infectionschildren affected by AIDSpsycho-social supportnutrition and food aidmicrofinanceIt also det
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  Reaching the poor: the ‘costs’ of sending children to school: a six country comparative study

  Department for International Development, UK, 2002

  This comparative research study focuses on the main barriers to education for the poorest households in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Although the study set out primarily to look at the burden of education costs on the poorest households, other barriers to education (e.g. physical access, quality of education, vulnerability/poverty, and health,) are also discussed.
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  What do Salvadoran teens think?: determining the feasibility of youth-friendly pharmacies: a focus group report

  Commercial Market Strategies: New Directions in Reproductive Health, 2003

  This paper reports on research findings from El Salvador into the feasibility of developing youth-friendly pharmacies.The data support implementation of the youthfriendly pharmacies concept.
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  The tip of the iceberg: the global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This issue brief provides an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people around the world, generally defined as those between the ages of 10 and 24. Because of its focus on young people, this brief does not discuss mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).The brief addresses the issues of prevalence and incidence worldwide and examines nations with young populations hard hit.
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  Condom use and abstinence among unmarried young people in Zimbabwe: Which strategy, whose agenda?

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This paper compares the views about abstinence and condom use expressed by young people in Zimbabwe in focus-group discussions with the views underlying national policies and religious and traditional beliefs.Young people’s decisions to adopt one or the other of these risk-reduction strategies may not necessarily indicate genuine individual choices, but rather their deference to adults’ interes
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  AIDS in Africa during the nineties: young people in Kenya

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2003

  This summary report brings together and examine existing information about adolescent sex in Kenya during the nineties.The report examines evidence for the success of major prevention strategies: what do young people know about HIV and how to avoid it? What proportion of them are abstaining, and until what ages? Once they do start having sex, is it within marriage or outside it?
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  WABA/UNICEF Colloquium on HIV and breastfeeding

  World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, 2002

  This resource is a collection of conference presentations on breastfeeding and HIV transmission, includingthe role of breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV and infant feedingHIV and infant feeding: a framework for priority actionsexperiences with early cessation of breast feeding among HIV infected women in Kampala, UgandaPMTCT, infant feeding: the Botswana experienceHIV and
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  Primary education in Eastern and Southern Africa: increasing access for orphans and vulnerable children in AIDS-affected areas

  Global Health Department, USAID, 2001

  This paper investigates the national and community level interventions that offer promise for increasing primary education access for children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable in areas heavily affected by AIDS in the eastern and southern Africa region.The report examines thirteen initiatives that have potential to increase primary education access for such groups.

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