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Searching with a thematic focus on Social determinants of health, Health, HIV and AIDS, Gender and HIV AIDS, Women and girls

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  Squaring the Circle: AIDS, Poverty, and Human Development

  Public Library of Science Medicine, 2007

  This report from UNAIDS highlights the differences between the effects of AIDS on poverty, and the effects of poverty upon the risk of acquiring HIV. HIV and poverty are linked but the report sites recent evidence that indicates that HIV is a disease of inequality, often associated with economic transition, rather than a disease of poverty in itself.
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  Food insecurity, HIV/AIDS pandemic and sexual behaviour of female commercial sex workers in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria

  Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2007

  This study published in the SAHARA Journal examines the role of hunger and food insecurity in the sexual behaviour of female commercial sex workers in Lagos, Nigeria within the context of HIV/AIDS. In addition, the study investigates the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and induced abortion among the respondents.
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  Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing (“opt-out” approach) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in urban Zimbabwe

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  This paper from the World Health Organization aims to assess the impact of routine antenatal HIV testing for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in urban Zimbabwe.
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  Walking the talk: Putting women's rights at the heart of the HIV and AIDS response

  Voluntary Service Overseas, 2007

  This report from VSO and ActionAid focuses on the gender inequalities and challenges faced by women and girls who provide care for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Violence, vengeance and gender: a preliminary investigation into the links between violence against women and HIV/AIDS in South Africa

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2001

  This report from the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) details recent research into the activities of civil society bodies and government departments focusing on the links between violence against women (VAW) and HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
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  MAC HIV and AIDS global survey

  MAC AIDS Fund, 2007

  This study from the MAC AIDS Fund looks into the attitudes of 4,510 people in nine countries around the issue of HIV and AIDS. The results show a poor level of education about the HIV and AIDS epidemic; more than 40 percent of those interviewed across the nine countries do not believe that AIDS is always fatal.
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  Women’s [HIV/AIDS] Treatment Literacy Toolkit

  Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service, 2005

  Southern Africa remains by far the most affected region by the HIV and AIDS epidemic.
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  Tackling political barriers to end AIDS

  Books for Change, 2007

  This policy document from ActionAid argues that the world’s political leaders are still refusing to mount an adequate response to the global HIV emergency. In 2005 world leaders made a commitment to creating universal access to HIV treatment, prevention and care by 2010, but two years later there is still no financial plan in place to achieve this.
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  Opportunities for woman-initiated HIV prevention methods among female sex workers in southern China

  Journal of Sex Research, 2007

  This article from the Journal of Sex Research reports high levels of awareness about HIV prevention methods among women sex workers in southern China. It shows the women are using a range of contraceptive practices, and different methods to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).
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  Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

  This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out basis would be widely acceptable among pregnant women. Introducing this approach to testing could contribute significantly to improving uptake of services for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in developing countries.

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