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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, ARVs, HIV and AIDS treatment and care

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  Rwanda: “Marked for Death”, rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

  Amnesty International, 2004

  This Amnesty International report explores the situation of rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.
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  Antiretroviral drugs and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This paper analyses the different alternatives that are available for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in resource-constrained settings, and makes recommendations about the best course of action in a number of situations.The paper argues that there are effective interventions to significantly reduce the risk of MTCT, namely:birth by caesareanuse of antire
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  Empowering communities to respond to HIV/AIDS: Ndola demonstration project on maternal and child health: operations research final report

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This paper presents the results of a pre-post intervention study of the Ndola Demonstration Project in Zambia, whose goal was to pilot the introduction of infant feeding counselling (IFC) and voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) at antenatal care (ANC) sites as interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.Findings include:during the intervention mothers became i
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  ART treatment access and effective responses to HIVand AIDS: providing new momentum for accessible, effective and sustainable health systems

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  This briefing outlines the major findings and issues from work carried out in southern Africa on equity in health sector responses to HIV and AIDS, particularly in terms of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART).Findings and conclusions include:social and economic inequalities and poverty are central to the AIDS epidemic in southern Africa: they shape the risk environments for HIV tra
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  Where there's a will there's a way: nursing and midwifery champions in HIV/AIDS care in Southern Africa

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  Commissioned by the SADC (Southern African Development Community) AIDS Network of Nurses and Midwives (SANNAM) in collaboration with UNAIDS, this report summarises the results of a month of field research in five countries in Southern Africa – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.
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  Local government responses to HIV/AIDS: a handbook

  World Bank, 2003

  This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS.
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  Network: research to practice

  Network, 2003

  This issue of Network (Family Health International's (FHI) quarterly scientific bulletin) discusses some of the key challenges of translating health research into positive practice. The complexities of both the research and policy-making processes, as well as the difficulties of effecting organisational and behavioural change are emphasised.
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  Demystifying antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2003

  This paper uses the example of a poor township 30 kilometres outside Cape Town to find out if antiretroviral therapy is possible in severely resource-constrained environments and to discover the best ways to deliver these drugs.Zidovudine (AZT), first became available in Khayelitsha township’s two maternity wards in early 1999, and the programme has subsequently become one of the continent’s bi
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  Saving mothers, saving families: the MTCT-plus initiative (Perspectives and Practice in Antiretroviral Treatment)

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This paper assesses the degree of success of the MTCT-Plus Initiative in providing lifelong care and treatment for HIV/AIDS to families in resource-limited settings.

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