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  mHealth Alliance

  The mHealth Alliance champions the use of mobile technologies to improve health throughout the world.
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  Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people: recommendations for a public health approach

  World Health Organization, 2011

  Despite the strong impact of the HIV epidemic on men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people, to date, no technical recommendations have been made to guide health systems’ response to the epidemic among them. This guideline provides recommendations for regional and country partners on appropriate interventions designed to address needs of MSM and transgender people.
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  Surgery in Africa Monthly Review

  Archive of medical articles, run by Ptolemy Project.  The objective of Surgery in Africa is to provide a self-directed online, journal-based course for surgical trainees who are undertaking the F
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  Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA)

  The Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA) is a peer-reviewed, open access electronic quarterly journal that focuses on health issues in the African continent.
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  Harnessing non-state actors for better health for the poor

  HANSHEP is a group of development agencies and countries, established by its members in 2010, seeking to improve the performance of the non-state sector in delivering better healthcare to the poor by
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  "It's her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania

  Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011

  Partner involvement has been deemed fundamental in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes, but is difficult to achieve. This study aimed to explore acceptability of the PMTCT programme components and to identify structural and cultural challenges to male involvement. The study was conducted in rural and urban areas in northern Tanzania.
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  Trends and determinants of Comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among urban young women in Kenya

  AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011

  In sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya is among countries most affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic which led to the declaration of AIDS as a national disaster in 1999. Given this scenario the study was undertaken to examine trends in HIV and AIDS comprehensive knowledge and identify the main correlates of comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among Kenyan urban young women.
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  Health system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry

  AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011

  HIV remains responsible for an estimated 40% of mortality in South African pregnant women and their children. Eligibility criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant women were revised in 2010 to enhance ART coverage.
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  Decentralization of the provision of health services to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural China: the case of three counties

  Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011

  This study is based on a large-scale household survey and in-depth interviews of key informants that was conducted in villages in three counties of two provinces in China. It assessed the new decentralized service provision system for people living with HIV/AIDS in rural populations in China.
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  Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2011

  At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001, the world made a promise to reduce the prevalence of HIV in young people globally by 25 per cent by the end of 2010 and to increase young people’s access to essential prevention information, skills and services so as to reach 95 per cent of those in need by the same date.

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