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Mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the overwhelming source of HIV infection in young children. Of the 3 million infants infected with HIV since the beginning of the pandemic, about 90% have been born in Africa. However, the number of cases in India and South-East Asia appears to be rising rapidly.DocumentThe impact of HIV/AIDS on farming households in the Monze District of Zambia
Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997This paper focuses on how HIV/AIDS undermines household responsiveness to cope with crises, such as new agricultural policy reforms, HIV/AIDS, years of drought, and death of cattle. It uses a collection of 32 household case-studies. It investigates how caring for a chronically ill family member impinges on household production and alters labour allocation between genders and generations.DocumentThrough a gender lens: Resources for Population, Health and Nutrition Projects
Family Health International, 1998Reviews existing models and methodologies for incorporating a gender perspective into U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) development initiatives.DocumentFrom single parents to child-headed households: the case of children orphaned by AIDS in Kisumu and Siaya districts in Kenya
HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998The socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are felt in a growing number of countries and increasing mortality rates among adults are threatening economic and social well-being.This study looks at the status, needs and skills of orphans, especially those orphaned by AIDS and shows that:when a husband dies of AIDS in a family, the mother is also often living with HIV/AIDS aDocumentAIDS epidemic update: December 1998
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998By the end of 1998, according to new estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) will have grown to 33.4 million, 10% more than just one year ago. The epidemic has not been overcome anywhere.DocumentPolicy statement on preventive therapy against tuberculosis in people living with HIV
WHO Tuberculosis Programme, 1998Report of a meeting held in Geneva 18-20 February 1998DocumentSex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999This document presents three sets of studies on the determinants of HIV-related vulnerability among young peopleThe report is available as a whole, and in 4 smaller sections: Overview/introductionYoung peopleDocumentFamily Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society
Family Health International, 1999Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.Pages