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  The Zambia HIV/AIDS workforce study: preparing for scale-up

  US Agency for International Development, 2004

  Anticipating significant scale-up of its current HIV/AIDS services, the Zambian Central Board of Health commissioned this study of the human resource implications. The study collected data at 16 government, NGO, and private for-profit sites across Zambia that currently provide VCT, P-MTCT, and ART services.
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  Guidelines for HIV surveillance among tuberculosis patients: second edition

  World Health Organization, 2004

  These World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines aim to provide a framework for measuring HIV prevalence among patients with tuberculosis (TB), and to encourage implementation of HIV surveillance. The document is intended for managers of national tuberculosis programmes (NTP) and national AIDS programmes (NAP), and public health decision-makers at both national and sub-national level.
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  Emergency obstetric care: critical need among populations affected by conflict

  Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, 2004

  This report, produced by the Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (RHRC Consortium), documents the availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) services in nine countries affected by conflict. Findings showed that at the health facility level, structures, equipment, supplies and medicines were generally insufficient, and there was a lack of qualified staff.
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  HIV/AIDS and drug misuse in Russia: harm reduction programmes and the Russian legal system

  International Family Health, UK, 2003

  This International Family Health paper examines how Russian law hinders the development of Harm Reduction programmes to tackle HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation. Although there are currently around 70 harm reduction programmes in Russia, none of these receive official support due to the belief that Russian law actually prohibits these programmes.
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  Paving the path: preparing for microbicide introduction

  Engender Health, 2004

  This Engender Health report details the findings of a study which examined the issues likely to influence microbicide introduction at three levels: community, health service and policy. The report identifies critical issues which need to be addressed to allow for successful microbicide introduction strategies.
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  With one voice 2002: America’s adults and teens sound off about teen pregnancy

  The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2002

  This document reports the results of a survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy, which explores what both American adults and teenagers think about teenage pregnancy and related issues.
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  Do abstinence-only programs delay the initiation of sex among young

  The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2002

  This document reviews a Heritage Foundation study which argues that abstinence only programmes are effective in changing teenage sexual behaviour. The study directly challenges the conclusions of the National Campaign for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy report, Emerging Voices, which argued that there was little evidence that abstinence-only programmes were successful.
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  Emerging answers: research findings on programs to reduce teen pregnancy

  The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2001

  This document is a summary of a 200 page report commissioned by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which reviews research on programmes to prevent teen pregnancy. It builds on the 1997 study No Easy Answers by the same author. The summary initially outlines why communities still need to be concerned about teen pregnancy, childbearing and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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  The role of education in promoting young people’s sexual and reproductive health

  Centre for Sexual Health Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 2002

  This document outlines discussions from the Expert meeting for the Safe Passages to Adulthood programme, where researchers, practitioners and policy makers explored the potential of education to protect against HIV/AIDS, as well as the possible changes needed to enable the education system to respond more adequately.
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  Peer educators can promote safer sex behaviors

  Population Council, USA, 2001

  This short summary describes the findings of two intervention programmes in Zambia whose objectives were to increase safer sex practices: condom distribution by peer educators and small business loans to youth aged 14 – 19.

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