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    The impact of a food assistance program on nutritional status, disease progression and food security among people living with HIV in Uganda

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    This study contributes needed evidence of the impact of food assistance targeted to PLHIV on their nutritional status and food security outcomes. It is among only a handful of rigorously designed studies
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    HIV/AIDS and militaries in Southern Africa: seminar report

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2006
    The implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for security in southern Africa will continue to emerge over the next century. The sub-region is faced with a daunting challenge: mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS while establishing new institutions for development, democratisation and peace.
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    HIV/AIDS and Militaries in Africa: seminar report

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2009
    The scale of Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic means that large percentages of military populations are, or will be, infected by HIV. The litany of potential consequences ensuing from HIV/AIDS illnesses and deaths have included: a heavy toll on decision-making command structures; rising costs in re-training highly-skilled personnel; and delayed deployment to international peace operations.
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    HIV/AIDS and human security: an agenda for Africa

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    The impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa is already devastating and has widespread social, economic, political, as well as peace and security ramifications.
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    International peacekeeping: special issue: HIV/AIDS and post-conflict societies in Africa

    Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2013
    Intorductory article to edition of International Peacekeeping which explores HIV/AIDS in post-conflict societies in Africa. It assesses the key aspects of these societies that contribute towards the spread and impact of the epidemic, such as poorly functioning national health systems, marginalisation of vulnerable mobile populations, and rigidified gender norms.
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    HIV/AIDS and militaries in Africa: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2011
    An estimated 22.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were living with the human immuno-virus (HIV) that leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 2009.
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    The role of targeting in service delivery to vulnerable populations – the FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) - a synthesis of three country reports

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2009
    The objective of the Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) pilot study, conducted in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, was to further develop and test the HVI as a statistical tool for quantifying household vulnerability resulting from shocks such as HIV and AIDS. Key outputs from the study were a refined method for constructing the HVI and a computerised tool for its computation.
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    First to go: how communities are being affected by the Global Fund crisis

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    In November 2011, facing a deficit of about half a billion dollars due to unfulfilled donor pledges, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria was forced to cancel Round 11 of its funding.
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    Palliative care for women living with HIV and cervical cancer

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Women who are HIV infected have a much higher risk of developing pre-cancer and cancer of the cervix than women who are HIV negative and cervical cancer has been described as an AIDS-defining illness.
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    Palliative care for women living with HIV

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Sometimes, women infected by HIV do not access proper care due to their various responsibilities. There are a number of things that can be done in order to reduce the burden of the epidemic among women.

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