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    Ask your aunty:  sex education in rural Uganda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Developing sex education for young people in sub-Saharan Africa is essential if the battle against HIV is to be won. Information about sex and marriage has traditionally been passed on to young girls by the 'senga', their father’s sister, in rural Uganda.  The UK's Medical Research Council carried out a pilot study which adapted this traditional institution in an attempt to combat AIDS.
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    Accelerating action against AIDS in Africa

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2003
    This report, presented at ICASA 2003 in Nairobi, assesses current global commitments to addressing HIV/AIDS. It states that, despite the fact that the pandemic has recently reached the top of the African and international agenda, resources are still nowhere near sufficient.
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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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    Assessment and improvement of care for AIDS-affected children under age 5

    ProNUTRITION, 2000
    Very little is known specifically about the 0-4 AIDS affected age group, since most orphan assessments treat the 0-15 (or 0-18) year age span only as a whole. Because of their nutritional, health and psycho-social needs, children under age 5 represent a group that demands special attention.
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    Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2003
    This paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in Southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic.Analysis of the logic underlying these predictions reveals four causal relationships necessary to fulfil such dramatic and apocalyptic predictions:high AIDS mortality rates wil
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    Children's participation in HIV/AIDS programming

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2002
    This short article considers why children's participation is important in HIV/AIDS programming, the challenges that come with it and how it works in practice.The article argues that participation in decision making is inherent to children's rights but also that it is important for successful HIV/AIDS programming.
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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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    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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    Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a strategic framework

    Family Health International, 2001
    This report outlines the scale and nature of the problem of mother to child transmission (MTCT) and FHI's strategy to address it.The document describes the main prevention methods and then describes FHI's goals and approaches.

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