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  Condoms programs in high HIV prevalence countries should include the general population

  Public Services International, 2004

  This issues brief from Population Services International (PSI) outlines why the principle that condoms should be promoted to the general population, as well as high-risk groups, has broad support in the public health community. In high-prevalence environments, where up to a third of the population is HIV positive, significant portions of the sexually active population are at high risk.
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  Focus on confidential counselling in sexual and reproductive health

  EU/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia, 2001

  This fact sheet, produced by the EC/UNFPA initiative for reproductive health in Asia (RHI), explores the need for confidential counselling in sexual and reproductive health (SRH). It finds that confidentiality is essential for establishing trust and respect as the basis of the relationship between client and counsellor.
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  Best practices in CBD programs in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learned from research and evaluation

  Family Health International, 2002

  This report summarises the proceedings of a one-day seminar on the community-based distribution (CBD) of family planning methods in sub-Saharan Africa, organised by the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health Programme (FRONTIERS), Family Health International (FHI) and Advance Africa.
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  VCT toolkit: a guide to establishing voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV

  Family Health International, 2002

  This toolkit, produced by Family Health International (FHI) offers practical guidance on how to design, implement and monitor voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services for HIV. The toolkit is divided into two sections. The first focuses on establishing VCT services, and provides guidelines on assessment, design and implementation at national, district and facility levels.
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  Determinants of personal demand for an AIDS vaccine in Uganda: contingent valuation survey

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This study focuses on two issues concerning the introduction of a preventative HIV/AIDS vaccine in Uganda: what are the key factors that will lead adults to accept a vaccine; and what are possible behavioural responses to being vaccinated?
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  Breaking down barriers: lessons on providing HIV treatment to injection drug users

  International Harm Reduction Development program, OSI, 2004

  This report, prepared by the International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD) program, is a collection of cases demonstrating that well-designed, supportive programmes, which address the needs of injecting drug users can help all individuals adhere to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and take advantage of appropriate harm reduction services.
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  Women's reasons for not participating in follow up visits before starting short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: qualitative interview study

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This publication aims find out why pregnant women attending a public antenatal clinic in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire do not participate in necessary follow up visits before starting antiretroviral prophylaxis.
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  To have and to hold: women’s property and inheritance rights in the context of HIV/AIDS

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2004

  Produced by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in collaboration with UNAIDS, this paper seeks to examine the link between HIV/AIDS and women’s property rights.
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  Facing the future together: report of the Secretary-General's Task Force on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This UNAIDS report, from the Secretary-General’s Task Force on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, presents empirical data on the scale and character of the pandemic in nine countries in Southern Africa with the highest HIV prevalence rates.
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  AIDS in Asia: face the facts

  Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network, 2004

  This report, produced by the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP) Network, offers a comprehensive review of the latest HIV/AIDS data in Asia. It examines the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Asia, and identifies and explores behaviours which have resulted in the highest rates of HIV transmission: commercial sex, drug injecting, male-male sex and combinations of these behaviours.

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