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    First to go: how communities are being affected by the Global Fund crisis

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    In November 2011, facing a deficit of about half a billion dollars due to unfulfilled donor pledges, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria was forced to cancel Round 11 of its funding.
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    Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)

    Research institute which aims to protect and promote the health of the Ethiopian people by addressing priority public Health and Nutrition problems through problem-solving research, public health emer
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    The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa: convergence with tuberculosis, socioecological vulnerability, and climate change patterns

    South African Medical Journal, 2014
    This journal article argues that people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have weakened physiological responses and are immunologically vulnerable to pathogens and stressors in their environment, putting them at a health disadvantage in climate-based rising temperatures, water scarcity, air pollution, potential water- and vector-borne disease outbreaks, and habitat redistributions.
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    What is needed to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Uganda?

    HIV/AIDS Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity, 2014
    The virtual elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV/AIDS is within Uganda's grasp, but it requires concerted effort and strategic investment from all levels of policy makers.
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    Eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015– what will it take?: Abridged version

    HIV/AIDS Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity, 2012
    This document is an abridged version of the synthesis report titled “Eliminating Mother‐to‐Child Transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015: What will it take?”. It presents a synthesis of knowledge on EMTCT in Uganda, building on international and local literature, statistics, case studies, key stakeholder perspectives and other knowledge. 
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    The product development pathway

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014
    New, cheap and simple to use health products are needed if poor countries are to combat HIV, TB, malaria and other diseases. The UK's DFID and other donors are making substantial investments in health research, but research to develop new healthproducts is an expensive and complex process. It involves many different players, multiple sources of funding and a range of investment strategies.
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    Eliminating mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015: what will it take?

    HIV/AIDS Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity, 2014
    Attaining Elimination of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission (EMTCT) targets in Uganda by 2015 requires increased funding to the response from both the Government and international agencies, investment in health systems strengthening, and investment in gender sensitive, family centred community engagement.
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    Poor nutrition status and associated feeding practices among HIV-positive children in a food secure region in Tanzania: a call for tailored nutrition training

    PLoS ONE, 2014
    Undernutrition among HIV-positive children can be ameliorated if they are given adequate foods in the right frequency and diversity. Food insecurity is known to undermine such efforts, but even in food rich areas, people have undernutrition.
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    Treatment Action Group (TAG)

    Treatment Action Group is an AIDS research and policy think tank which advocates for better treatment, a vaccine, and a cure for AIDS.
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    2013 Pipeline Report

    Treatment Action Group, 2013
    This report focuses on HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Tuberculosis (TB) drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, preventive technologies, research toward a cure, and immune-based and gene therapies in development.

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