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The gender aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2000Gender analysis is crucial to understanding HIV/AIDS transmission and initiating appropriate programmes of action.DocumentGender and HIV/AIDS: taking stock of research and programmes
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999This paper examines research on gender as it relates to women’s and men’s different vulnerabilities to HIV infection, and their different abilities to access resources for care and support in order to cope with the impact of the epidemic.In most societies gender influences individual and societal risk of HIV/AIDS.DocumentA media handbook for HIV vaccine trials for Africa
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001This handbook aims to to equip scientists with ideas, skills, and knowledge on how to relate to the media and thereby reach the general public and some specific groups.While focused in HIV vaccine trials, the advice on how to relate the media may be of interest to researchers in other subjectsThere are two major rules with regard to communicating about vaccine trials effectively and maintainDocumentAIDS and agriculture in Africa: can agricultural policy make a difference?
Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2000Focussing on sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV/AIDS epidemic has spread rapidly over the past 15 years, this article highlights the effects of the pandemic on farm households and discusses some policy issues arising from it.Effects of HIV/AIDS infection on agriculture:Reduction in area of land under cultivation, as land is often allocated by community authorities to families on the basiDocumentThe impact of HIV/AIDS on food security
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001This article begins by emphasising that HIV/AIDS cannot be considered solely as a health problem and sufficient efforts are needed to address its social, economic and institutional consequences. Indeed the report suggests that increasingly, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is having a major impact on nutrition, food security, agricultural production and rural societies in many countries.DocumentThe State of the World’s Children 2001
United Nations Children's Fund, 2001Drawing on reports from the world over, The State of the World’s Children 2001 details the daily lives of parents and other caregivers who are striving – in the face of war, poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic – to protect the rights and meet the needs of these young children.DocumentThe participation toolkit: A USAID health population & nutrition officer's guide to using participatory approaches for managing HIV/ AIDS activities
US Agency for International Development, 1998Toolkit designed for use by USAID HPN officers and their partners to facilitate the participatory management of their HIV/ AIDS programs. The toolkit is divided into four modules.DocumentIncreasing the nutritional impacts of agricultural interventions
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 1999Study provides information on program and policy options. The findings and recommendations are based on an extensive review of the literature as well as interviews with researchers, USAID managers and other development and donor organizations.DocumentLevels and determinants of expenditures on the treatment of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 1997The study sought to provide answers to questions on levels of expenditures on the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, and to analyze the major determinants of the expenditure pattern and financing levels.Donors, private individuals and government were identified as the main sources of funding for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS.