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  Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children

  Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2005

  This study, undertaken in Northwestern Tanzania, finds evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes.In particular, it finds that maternal death causes a permanent height deficit of about 2 cm and a persistent impact on years of education of almost 1 year.
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  Sexual behaviour and perceptions of risk: male rural-urban migrants in Tanzania

  Population Environment Research Network, IUSSP-IHDP, 2005

  This study, presented at the 2005 International Population Conference, examines male rural-urban migration in Tanzania and its interaction with HIV risk. The study poses three key questions: does the sexual behaviour of migrants differ from rural residents; how does this sexual behaviour differ; and do these migrants know more about HIV than rural residents?
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  Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment and human resources for health: what are the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This document, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), assesses human resources for health (HRH) constraints for scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and identifies strategies for overcoming them. The paper also includes a case study of scaling up a project in Tanzania.
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  A randomized trial of multivitamin supplements and HIV disease progression and mortality

  New England Journal of Medicine, 2004

  This article, from the New England Journal of Medicine, reports findings from a study that explored how micronutrient status affects progression of HIV. The study examined over 1000 pregnant women with HIV to see if daily supplements of vitamin A and multivitamins (B, C and E) affected HIV progression in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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  Transmitting through time: monitoring HIV transmission rates in rural Tanzania

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Monitoring and understanding HIV infection rates over a period of time requires detailed data, not restricted to any one social group. Such detailed data is only available for a few developing country populations.  This study focuses on a rural population in the Mwanza region of Tanzania, during the period between 1994 and 2000.
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  The ultimate stamps of approval: postal campaigns deliver AIDS information beyond mass media

  Population Services International, 2004

  This Population Services International (PSI) document outlines how governments are using specially designed postage stamps to communicate HIV and AIDS messages. These campaigns have been used in Nepal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Chad, with support from PSI, USAID and the German government.
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  AIDS in Africa during the nineties: Tanzania youth report

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2004

  This MEASURE report examines the general trends in adolescent HIV knowledge, sexual behaviour and condom use in Tanzania during the 1990s. The report specifically considers awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes toward HIV/AIDS, some aspects of sexual behaviour and the relationship between knowledge and behaviour.
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  HIV-positive women report more lifetime partner violence: findings from a voluntary counseling and testing clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  American Journal of Public Health, 2002

  This study explores the link between HIV and violence against women (VAW) by comparing the experiences of partner violence between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Tanzania. The study found that the odds of reporting at least one violent event were significantly higher among HIV-positive women than among HIV-negative women.
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  Social communications and AIDS population behaviour changes in Uganda compared to other countries

  Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2004

  This study from CADRE examines communications through social networks associated with population behaviour change and a decline in HIV prevalence in Uganda compared with other countries.
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  MEMA kwa Vijana: randomised controlled trial of an adolescent sexual health programme in rural Mwanza, Tanzania

  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2004

  This Briefing Note from DFID’s Knowledge Programme on HIV/AIDS and STIs looks at an innovative intervention programme on adolescent sexual and reproductive health implemented by AMREF, working together with the Tanzanian Government.

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