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Sex work and HIV/AIDS: technical update
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002Significantly higher rates of HIV infection have been documented among sex workers and their clients compared with most other population groups. Though sex work is often a significant means of HIV infection entering the general population, studies indicate that sex workers are among those most likely to respond positively to HIV/STI prevention programmes.DocumentMaking AIDS part of the global development agenda
Finance and Development, IMF, 2002Developing countries that do not, or cannot, protect human capital will not be able to participate fully in the global economy, much less take advantage of the opportunities it affords. This paper from the journal Finance and Development, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), looks at opportunities for countries to include strategies for tackling AIDS in their national policy frameworks.DocumentRethinking differences and rights in sexual and reproductive health: a training manual for health care providers
Family Health International, 2002The target audience for this guide is the men and women working in sexual and reproductive health who are interested in promoting training or reflections designed to improve gender and culturally sensitive care among their provider teams.DocumentDecentralising of health policy and planning using Participatory Rural Appraisal : Indian example
Global Development Network, 2001This paper focuses on the importance of decentralisation in health care provision and how community participation could become a way forward to provide health care to all, using participatory rural appraisal.The paper outlines the present system of health care in India and the current challenges it faces.DocumentPost-TRIPS options for access to patented medicines in developing countries
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001Since developing countries spend a large percentage of their private household health expenditures on drugs, affordability of patented medicines is particularly important.DocumentGender and health: a technical paper
Women's Health and Development Programme, WHO, 1998Studies on health differences between men and women tend to emphasise biological factors as determinant. Instead, this technical paper, written by the Gender and Women’s Health Department at the World Health Organisation (WHO), explores the implications of the shift to a 'gender and development' (GAD) approach for the analysis of health and health care issues.DocumentNational AIDS programmes: a guide to monitoring and evaluation
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000As the body of knowledge surrounding HIV grows, so does the interest in monitoring and evaluating the success of programmes designed to reduce the spread of infection and the impact it has on the lives of families and communities.DocumentA media handbook for HIV vaccine trials for Africa
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001This handbook aims to to equip scientists with ideas, skills, and knowledge on how to relate to the media and thereby reach the general public and some specific groups.While focused in HIV vaccine trials, the advice on how to relate the media may be of interest to researchers in other subjectsThere are two major rules with regard to communicating about vaccine trials effectively and maintainDocumentReport of the workshop on differential pricing and financing of essential drugs
World Trade Organization, 2001Differential pricing could, and should, play an important role in ensuring access to existing essential drugs at affordable prices, especially in poor countries, while allowing the patent system to continue to play its role of providing incentives for research and development into new drugs.