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  Crunch time for funding of universal access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV infection

  Wiley Online Library, 2011

  Much of the funding mobilised for the global response to HIV has supported successful expansion in antiretroviral therapy (ART) access, but funding is now at a critical juncture as the global financial crisis bites and funders hesitate. This paper considers the implications of faltering finances for universal ART access and argues for additional funding, used efficiently.
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  AIDS dependency crisis: sourcing African solutions

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2012

  This paper argues that enhancing African ownership of the AIDS response will further the health gains made so far and will also further enhance economic growth.
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  The private sector role in HIV/AIDS in the context of an expanded global response: expenditure trends in five sub-Saharan African countries

  Oxford Journals, 2011

  A relatively unexamined aspect of the global HIV response is the role of the private sector in financing HIV/AIDS services. This paper examines trends in private sector financing, management and resource consumption related to HIV/AIDS in five sub-Saharan African countries: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.
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  Linking global HIV/AIDS treatments with national programs for the control and elimination of the neglected tropical diseases

  PLoS ONE, 2011

  This article states that there is evidence that high prevalence NTDs in sub-Saharan Africa promote susceptibility to the HIV virus or worsen the clinical course and progression of AIDS. It highlights that emerging evidence provides a scientific rationale for combining treatment programmes for NTDs with programmes for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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  Life skills education and reproductive health education: preliminary findings from the non-biomedical interventions into HIV and AIDS study

  Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2011

  According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), life skills are defined as the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviours that enable individuals to effectively deal with demands and challenges of everyday life (WHO, 1993).
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  Time to act: save a million lives by 2015: prevent and treat among people living with HIV

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  Tuberculosis (TB) is the main cause of death in people living with HIV. This report is a call that TB should not be a death sentence for a two million people living with HIV and expected to die of TB between 2011 and 2015. The report highlights the following related facts and drawn findings:
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  WHO recommended collaborative TB/HIV activities: evaluation of implementation and performance in a rural district hospital in Cameroon

  National Centre for Biotechnology Information, USA, 2011

  In response to the need of integrating tuberculosis (TB)/HIV activities, the WHO in 2004 mapped out a number of key activities to be implemented by countries to ensure effective collaboration between TB and HIV programmes.
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  Lay beliefs of TB and TB/HIV co-infection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Knowledge about lay perceptions of the relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is important for understanding patients’ health seeking behaviour and adherence to treatment. This study explores lay beliefs about TB and TB/HIV co-infection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  Timing and uptake of ART during treatment for active tuberculosis in HIV co-infected adults in Malawi

  Ingenta, 2011

  Malawian policy to invite patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2 months after initiating TB treatment changed recently; the new policy shortened the period to 2 weeks instead of 2 months.
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  Born, lived and died - but counted or not?

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012

  "Born, lived and died - but counted or not?" is the second in the "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'" series. It was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network and INDEPTH.

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