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    Patents, access to medicines and the role of non-governmental organisations

    Médecins Sans Frontières, 2004
    This Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) paper looks at how patents adversely affect access to affordable medicines. Although effective medicine is available to treat many global diseases, one-third of the world’s population lacks access to these basic, but expensive drugs as a result of patent rights.
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    Young people - we care! A book of ideas to help young people supporting each other in their communities in Zimbabwe

    John Snow International UK, 2003
    This book from John Snow International UK has been designed to encourage young people to support either younger children or their peers who are living in communities in Zimbabwe affected by HIV/AIDS. It is also envisaged it will be used by home-based care organisations to involve young people in their activities.
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    Conducting a situation analysis of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS

    Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 2004
    This framework and resource guide from USAID’s Bureau for Africa is intended to help people involved in programmes assisting orphans and vulnerable children conduct a situation analysis. Worldwide, the number of children under age 15 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS stands at more than 14 million, and estimates predict this number will surpass 25 million by 2010.
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    Global fund proposal development: a Philippines experience

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2004
    This paper from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (Alliance) aims to provide insight into the Global Fund proposal development process, drawing out practical and policy lessons for others undergoing similar processes. It highlights the elements of successful proposals in the Philippines, and suggests reasons why past applications have failed.
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    Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of work

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    About half those living with HIV are women, but women are now becoming infected at a faster rate than men. Many women experience sexual and economic subordination in their personal relationships and at work, and so cannot negotiate safe sex or refuse unsafe sex.
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    Mapping HIV vulnerability along Kampong Thom, Cambodia

    UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004
    This report is based on a mapping of HIV vulnerability along selected sections of secondary and tertiary feeder roads along National Road Number Six. The World Bank is currently sponsoring road and infrastructure development in the Asia and Pacific region in order to achieve regional economic development.
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    Moving forward: a report on pioneering responses to children affected by HIV/AIDS in Andhra Pradesh, India

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2004
    The impact of HIV/AIDS has not begun to emerge fully in India, and AIDS-related orphaning is not yet occurring on a large scale. Yet, it is believed that India possibly has the largest number of AIDS orphans in the world.
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    Teacher training: essential for school-based reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education: focus on sub-saharan Africa

    YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004
    For teaching information and skills related to HIV/AIDS, teacher training is essential, and complex. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to half of all new HIV infections are occurring among youth under age 25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary education, school-based programmes are a logical place to reach young people.
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    Effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted infections

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004
    Published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, this article reports on a review of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), focusing on prospective studies published since June 2000.
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    Impact of the HEART campaign: findings from the youth surveys, 1999 and 2000

    Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2000
    The Helping Each other Act Responsibly Together (HEART) campaign, designed for youth by youth, informs young people about HIV/AIDS, promotes abstinence and condom use. The Campaign was designed to provide a social context in which prevailing social norms are discussed, questioned and reassessed.

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