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Searching with a thematic focus on Social determinants of health, Health, HIV and AIDS, Gender and HIV AIDS, Women and girls

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  Infant feeding counselling for HIV-infected and uninfected women: appropriateness of choice and practice

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  This article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization examines infant feeding intentions of HIV-infected and uninfected women in South Africa, and the appropriateness of their choices according to their home resources.
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  Show us the money: is violence againts women on the HIV&AIDS donor agenda?

  Women Won't Wait, 2007

  This research report from the Women Won’t Wait Campaign highlights the lack of priority given to tackling gender-based violence against women by the major international HIV funding organisations. The research found that the funding bodies continue to treat violence against women as a supplementary issue rather than as something integral to all aspects of their work on HIV.
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  Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: a summary review

  Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2006

  Gender discrimination and inequality is a key factor in the transmission of HIV and AIDS.
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  Vulnerability to HIV infection among sex worker and non-sex worker female injecting drug users in Dhaka, Bangladesh: evidence from the baseline survey of a cohort study

  Harm Reduction Journal, 2007

  This study, published in the Journal of Harm Reduction, examines the risks and vulnerability to HIV of female injecting drug users (IDU) in Bangladesh. The study looked at 130 female IDUs, of which 82 were sex workers, in three cities in the Dhaka region. Findings show that none had HIV but more sex workers had lifetime syphilis than non-sex workers.
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  Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: results of a cluster randomized trial

  The Lancet, 2006

  This article from the Lancet provides evidence that microfinance initiatives combined with gender and HIV training can reduce levels of intimate partner violence. This in turn can potentially reduce levels of risk in relation to HIV.
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  Global AIDS Link

  Global AIDS Alliance, 2007

  This issue of Global AIDS Link from the Global AIDS Council examines the impact which HIV and AIDS are having on young girls. It examines the factors, such as poverty, gender norms and cultural practices, which are making girls particularly vulnerable to HIV.
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  Understanding positive women's realities: Exchange Autum 2006

  Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender, 2006

  This issue of Exchange, produced in association with the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), focuses on the experience of women living with HIV. The issue focuses particularly on sexual and reproductive rights.
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  Microfinance and HIV prevention: emerging lessons from rural South Africa

  Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, 2005

  This article from the Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Program (RADAR) examines the role that microfinance institutions (MFIs) can play in responding to the HIV epidemic in developing countries.
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  Thai-Burma border reproductive health assessment

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2006

  This report focuses on the plight of Burmese people, many of whom are ethnic minorities who have been pursued by the Burmese junta, living on the border between Burma and Thailand.
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  Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS: guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This publication, produced by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) and the WHO (World Health Organization), addresses the specific sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of women living with HIV and AIDS. It includes recommendations for counselling, antiretroviral therapy (ART), care and other interventions.

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