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  Cultural factors that affect sexual and reproductive health in Malawi

  University of Malawi - The Polytechnic, 2008

  Malawi is one of the countries worst hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with an infection rate among the childbearing age group of 12.0%. Young people aged 15–24 years account for 46% of new HIV infections, of which 60% occur in girls. HIV prevalence is even higher in some rural districts.
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  Using Touchscreen Electronic Medical Record Systems to Support and Monitor National Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi

  PLoS Medicine, 2010

  This article describes the rationale and experience of using a touchscreen electronic medical record (EMR) system at the point-of-care (POC)  to monitor and support antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale up in Malawi.
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  Spatial distribution and characteristics of injecting drug users (IDU) in five northeastern states of India

  BMC Public Health, 2011

  Injecting drugs is the major driving force of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Northeastern India.
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  HIV and drug use: Community responses to injecting drug use and HIV

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2010

  This guide on HIV and drug use is one in a series of Good Practice Guides produced by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) which contains information, strategies and resources to support people who are developing and delivering HIV and harm reduction programmes or services at a community level in resource-poor settings, or settings where there are low levels of capacity or political
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  HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage

  The Lancet, 2010

  This paper describes a review which took place to estimate national, regional, and global coverage of HIV services in injecting drug users (IDUs) and shows that although the number of countries with core HIV prevention services is growing, the level of coverage in IDUs is poor in many countries.
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  Global State of Harm Reduction 2010: Key issues for broadening the response

  International Harm Reduction Association, 2010

  This report presents the major developments in harm reduction policy adoption and programme implementation that have occurred in the last couple of years, enabling some assessment of global progress.
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  Research Network on AIDS and Older Persons in Africa and Asia

  The goal this network is to bring together active researchers who study the consequences for and contributions of older persons in Africa and Asia in relation to the AIDS epidemic in order to promote
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  Using TRIPS flexibilities to improve access to HIV treatment

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  This policy brief describes how the flexibilities contained in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reaffirmed by the Doha Declaration provide important opportunities for World Trade Organization (WTO) Members to reduce prices and expand access to HIV medicines.
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  Treatment 2.0: is this the future of treatment?

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010

  This publication presents 'the Treatment 2.0 platform', a simplified HIV treatment approach to scale up efforts around global coverage of HIV antiretroviral therapy and achieve the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, care and support. 
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  Public-private mix for TB care and control: a toolkit

  World Health Organization, 2010

  In order to meet the global TB control targets, the Stop TB Strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends systematic engagement of all care providers in TB care and control through public-private mix (PPM) approaches.

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