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  Fighting HIV/AIDS: strategies for success 2002 - 2005

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This UNICEF document establishes the organisation’s strategic plan to fight HIV/AIDS from 2002 – 2005. Fighting HIV/AIDS is one of UNICEF’s medium-term strategic priorities, along with girls’ education, early childhood, immunisation and strengthening the health systems and improved protection of children from violence, abuse, exploitation and discrimination.
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  How does the impact of an HIV/AIDS information campaign vary with educational attainment?: evidence from rural Uganda

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004

  The responsiveness to information is thought to be one channel through which education affects health outcomes.
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  My father didn't think this way: Nigerian boys contemplate gender equality

  Population Council, USA, 2003

  This report describes a programme for adolescent boys in Nigeria which seeks to increase boys' awareness of gender-based oppression, and to foster their critical thinking skills as a means to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in their communities.It outlines the development of the programme, describes various approaches used in the programme, provides quotes from course participants on how th
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  Provision and use of family planning in the context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya: perspectives of providers, family planning and antenatal care clients, and HIV-positive women

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004

  This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning and antenatal clients, and HIV positive women.
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  Illicit drug policies and the global HIV epidemic effects of UN and national government approaches

  International Harm Reduction Development program, OSI, 2004

  This paper, prepared by the International Harm Reduction (IHRD) Programme, looks at the intersection of global and national drug policy and HIV trends. It focuses specifically on countries where contaminated injection equipment is the primary method of HIV transmission.
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  Evidence assessment: strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care

  Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS, 2004

  This paper, prepared by the Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS, assesses of the effectiveness of intervention programmes for HIV prevention, treatment and care.
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  Preventing tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

  The Global Health Council, 2004

  This research brief, produced by the Global Health Council, reports on a systematic review of trials conducted to evaluate TB preventive therapy (PT) in individuals with HIV. A key finding from the review was that TB preventive therapies reduced the risk of active TB in those with HIV by 36 per cent.
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  Young people - we care! A book of ideas to help young people supporting each other in their communities in Zimbabwe

  John Snow International UK, 2003

  This book from John Snow International UK has been designed to encourage young people to support either younger children or their peers who are living in communities in Zimbabwe affected by HIV/AIDS. It is also envisaged it will be used by home-based care organisations to involve young people in their activities.
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  Mapping HIV vulnerability along Kampong Thom, Cambodia

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2004

  This report is based on a mapping of HIV vulnerability along selected sections of secondary and tertiary feeder roads along National Road Number Six. The World Bank is currently sponsoring road and infrastructure development in the Asia and Pacific region in order to achieve regional economic development.
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  Teacher training: essential for school-based reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education: focus on sub-saharan Africa

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  For teaching information and skills related to HIV/AIDS, teacher training is essential, and complex. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to half of all new HIV infections are occurring among youth under age 25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary education, school-based programmes are a logical place to reach young people.

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