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  The sexual and reproductive health of young people in Latin America and the Caribbean

  Advocates for Youth, 2002

  This summary of research from different organisations brings together facts and figures on a range of sexual and reproductive issues regarding young people in the region.Information is included on:age at initiation of sexual intercourseknowledge about contraceptives and rates of usepregnancy and abortion ratesprevalence of HIV/AIDSThe paper concludes with brief examp
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  Using men as community based distributors of condoms

  Population Council, USA, 2002

  This program brief is based on the premise that, worldwide, condoms are not used enough to keep HIV/AIDS and other STIs in check.
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  Mobilization for microbicides: the decisive decade

  Rockefeller Foundation, 2002

  Highlights the need for microbicides to help millions of women around the world prevent HIV infection and death from AIDS.The research model found that the introduction of microbicides could avert 2.5 million HIV infections and save US$2.7 billion on HIV/AIDS treatment.In conclusion, to make microbicides available for use will require lengthy and expensive research to prove their effectivene
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  The global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people, including data on prevalence and incidence, why adolescents are vulnerable to HIV, which young people are at particular risk, and the role of prevention.The document concludes that rates of infection amongst young people are set to increse and thus, prevention interventions directed at youth will
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  Reaching youth worldwide

  Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2002

  The United Nations estimates that one-half of all new HIV/AIDS cases are among 15- to 24-year-olds. Youth also face problems such as unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, and drug and alcohol abuse.
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  Rethinking differences and rights in sexual and reproductive health: a training manual for health care providers

  Family Health International, 2002

  The 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.
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  Stigma, HIV/AIDS and prevention of mother-to-child transmission: a pilot study in Zambia, India, Ukraine and Burkina Faso

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2001

  Aims to assess and provide an initial analysis of the extent of perceived and enacted stigma, consider stigma in general and, more specifically, that surrounding mother-to-child transmission, and to explore what steps might be taken to alleviate it.Piolot research was conducted in India (South Asia), Ukraine (Eastern Europe), Burkina Faso (Francophone West Africa) and Zambia (Anglophone South
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  Reducing heterosexual transmission of HIV in poor countries

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  Short review of statistics, impacts and intervention startegies.
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  The search for an HIV vaccine

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  Short paper argues that an effective, affordable, and accessible HIV vaccine is within reach . Equitable public-private partnerships between researchers, manufacturers, and distributors and partnerships between rich and poor countries are the best strategy for the development of the vaccine.
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  First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  The first trial of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine in Africa was completed in Uganda in 2001. It involved a randomised, placebo controlled trial of a vaccine in healthy volunteers at low risk of HIV infection.

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