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  White House policy on HIV/AIDS, chapter seven: the global HIV/AIDS epidemic

  White House Council of Economic Advisors, 2005

  This chapter, from the White House Policy on HIV and AIDS, describes the global epidemic and outlines current American policy aimed at tackling it. The chapter discusses the nature of the crisis and its consequences.
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  The female condom: dynamics of use in urban Zimbabwe

  Horizons, 2000

  This study from the Horizons Project examines the patterns and dynamics of female condom use in Zimbabwe. The study surveyed female condom users, male condom users and non-users to establish: who uses the female condom, why it is used, where people learn about it, how consistently it is used and if it is a substitute for the male condom.
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  Acceptability of the female condom among street based commercial sex workers (csw) in Colombo

  Female Health Company, 2002

  This study, produced by the Community Development Service, examines the acceptability of the female condom among commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The study was based on the experience of 40 peer educators over four weeks. Over 90 per cent of the participants claimed to like the female condom and 70 percent preferred it to the male condom.
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  Girls, HIV/AIDS and education

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This paper looks at the links between sexual knowledge/behaviour and educational level among young people.
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  If not now, when?: HIV, drugs and prevention

  Christian Aid, 2004

  This Christian Aid report argues that the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) must go hand in hand with HIV prevention for success. The report first describes the global HIV crisis. It then outlines the barriers which prevent ART from stopping the HIV epidemic and ways to overcome these barriers.
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  Asian Harm Reduction Network Newsletter, March 2002

  Asian Harm Reduction Network, 2002

  This newsletter, from the Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN), provides a range of information on drug use and HIV prevention programmes in Asia.
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  Evidence for harm reduction

  Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2004

  This article from the Open Society Institute details evidence supporting the effectiveness of harm reduction efforts. The document explains that harm reduction aims to reduce the harm related to drug use, rather than only eliminating the drug use itself.
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  Drug use and HIV vulnerability policy research study in Asia

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000

  This study, from UNAIDS, explores how national drug control and public health policies could facilitate or prevent the implementation of interventions to reduce HIV transmission among injecting drug users (IDUs). The study looks specifically at China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
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  The World Drug Report 2004: chapter 1: the world drug problem

  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2004

  Chapter one from UNODC’s World Drug report, provides a status report on the world drug problem, including an overview of injecting drug users (IDUs) and HIV and AIDS. This section of the report provides key information on the IDU population, HIV prevalence, modes of HIV transmission and responses to this problem. By 2003, there were an estimated 13 million IDUs worldwide.
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  Rapid spread of HIV among injecting drug users in north-eastern states of India

  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 1993

  This paper, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), reports on a study that examined the prevalence, risk behaviour and HIV status of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Northern India. The study found that the majority of IDUs in the region were male and between the ages of 15 and 30, although the number of female IDUs is increasing.

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