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Local government responses to HIV/AIDS: a handbook
World Bank, 2003This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS.DocumentNetwork: research to practice
Network, 2003This issue of Network (Family Health International's (FHI) quarterly scientific bulletin) discusses some of the key challenges of translating health research into positive practice. The complexities of both the research and policy-making processes, as well as the difficulties of effecting organisational and behavioural change are emphasised.DocumentHIV, breastfeeding, and infant mortality: weighing the impact of the non-evidenced-based WHO/UNAIDS recommendations in the low-income, low-resource countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
African Networks for Health Research and Development, 2001This paper challenges the WHO/UNAIDS recommendations regarding breastfeeding and HIV positive mothers in low-income, low-resource countries.The paper shows that although almost all paediatric HIV is due to maternal to child transmission (MTCT), in 1992, WHO/UNAIDS recommended that breastfeeding should be advised for pregnant women, including those who are HIV+, in countries with high infant morDocumentExpanded response guide to core indicators for monitoring and reporting on HIV/AIDS programs
US Agency for International Development, 2003This guide is the second in the series of two monitoring and evaluation handbooks which focuses on the new areas of USAID's Expanded Response to HIV/AIDS including care, support, and treatment for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS with a special focus on women and children.The paper offers a rationale for the expanded response monitoring and reporting system; targets for the expanded resDocumentSaving mothers, saving families: the MTCT-plus initiative (Perspectives and Practice in Antiretroviral Treatment)
World Health Organization, 2003This paper assesses the degree of success of the MTCT-Plus Initiative in providing lifelong care and treatment for HIV/AIDS to families in resource-limited settings.DocumentPasteurized breastmilk as a replacement feed for babies of HIV-infected mothers
ProNUTRITION, 2003This short report offers a guide for mothers demonstrating how they can use their own milk for their babies, while simultaneously avoiding any risk of post-partum transmission of the virus to their babies through breastfeeding. The two methods shown are flash-boiling and pretoria pasteurizationDocumentWABA/UNICEF Colloquium on HIV and breastfeeding
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, 2002This resource is a collection of conference presentations on breastfeeding and HIV transmission, includingthe role of breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV and infant feedingHIV and infant feeding: a framework for priority actionsexperiences with early cessation of breast feeding among HIV infected women in Kampala, UgandaPMTCT, infant feeding: the Botswana experienceHIV andDocumentPreventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a strategic framework
Family Health International, 2001This report outlines the scale and nature of the problem of mother to child transmission (MTCT) and FHI's strategy to address it.The document describes the main prevention methods and then describes FHI's goals and approaches.DocumentEvidence of iatrogenic HIV transmission in children in South Africa
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003This paper is the latest in a series arguing that HIV transmission in Africa is attributable to unsafe medical practices in far more cases than have been previously believed.DocumentNelson Mandela/HSRC study of HIV/AIDS: household survey 2002: South African national HIV prevalence, behavioural risks and mass media
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2002HIV prevalence data in South Africa has, in the past, mainly been derived from an annual survey of pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics.Pages
