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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Mother to child transmission

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  Reproductive health interventions: which ones work and what do they cost?

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2000

  This paper, produced by the POLICY project, looks at the effectiveness and cost of different reproductive health care interventions, and asks what criteria governments can use to decide whether they will provide certain interventions.
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  Safeguarding investment in PMTCT programs by incorporating essential newborn care

  Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, USAID, 2004

  This briefing paper, produced by Basics II, advocates integration of essential newborn care into programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS.
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  Antiretroviral drugs and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This paper analyses the different alternatives that are available for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in resource-constrained settings, and makes recommendations about the best course of action in a number of situations.The paper argues that there are effective interventions to significantly reduce the risk of MTCT, namely:birth by caesareanuse of antire
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  Antenatal care in developing countries: promises, achievements and missed opportunities

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This report, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), analyses patterns and trends in antenatal care use, using data drawn from household surveys carried out in developing countries from 1990 to 2001.
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  Empowering communities to respond to HIV/AIDS: Ndola demonstration project on maternal and child health: operations research final report

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This paper presents the results of a pre-post intervention study of the Ndola Demonstration Project in Zambia, whose goal was to pilot the introduction of infant feeding counselling (IFC) and voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) at antenatal care (ANC) sites as interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.Findings include:during the intervention mothers became i
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  Integrating HIV prevention and care into maternal and child health care settings: lesson learned from horizons studies

  Population Council, USA, 2002

  This report details outcomes from a workshop which discussed the integration of HIV related care in the maternal and child health setting.Participants discussed the experience to date and formulated practical strategies for improving this integration.
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  HIV/AIDS in the Mekong region: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, & Viet Nam: current situation, future projections, socioeconomic impacts, and recommendations

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2003

  This report provides an overview of the current HIV/AIDS situation in the Mekong Region, presents projections as to where the pandemic is headed in the future, highlights some of the key social and economic impacts of the pandemic, and discusses strategies that will be needed to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, improve care and support, and mitigate associated impacts.Findings include:cou
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  HIV/AIDS, lagging policy response and impact on children: the case of Côte d’Ivoire

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2002

  This study reviews the experience of Côte d'Ivoire in dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and pays special attention to its impact on children.Findings include:AIDS has become the leading cause of mortality among adults and one of the first in childrenthe mortality associated with the disease has reduced life expectancy at birth from 65 years to 55 years in 2000since 1994 there h
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  The contribution of sexual and reproductive health services to the fight against HIV/AIDS: a review

  Reproductive Health Matters, 2003

  This article looks at the major contribution of sexual and reproductive health programmes to the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.

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