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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS in South Africa

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  Meeting their needs? Discussing young people’s sexual health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  More than six thousand people aged 16-25 become infected with HIV every day worldwide. But the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of young people are often neglected. The Safe Passages to Adulthood Programme, funded by DFID, held a meeting of researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from many countries. They considered the potential of education to protect young people against HIV.
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  Selling safe sex to young people - does youth-targeted social marketing work?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001

  Young people in sub-Saharan Africa often lack accurate information about sexuality and reproductive health. Social attitudes towards sex make it difficult for them to protect themselves against pregnancy and HIV. How can health promotion programmes increase young people’s self-confidence in their ability to obtain and use contraceptives?
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  Friends in deed – preventing HIV through peer education in South African schools

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  HIV is rampant among young people in South Africa, despite sound knowledge about sexual health risks. Levels of perceived vulnerability among this group are low and unprotected sex is common. Researchers from the London School of Economics studied a participatory programme seeking to empower young people to change gender norms as an HIV prevention strategy.
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  Combating child labour and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of policies, programmes, and projects in South Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia to identify good practices

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This review of national HIV/AIDS and child labour policies and programmes, NGO projects, and community-based initiatives lluminates the harsh realities of the link between child labour and HIV/AIDS.
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  Under the surface: a critique of the HSRC HIV/AIDS survey

  AIDS Analysis Africa, 2003

  This paper analyses the methods and results of the South African national household HIV prevalence survey.The author outlines the results of the survey that seem surprising, especially when compared with other prevalence surveys in South Africa.The paper explores the potential biases that may have occurred in the
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  Evidence of iatrogenic HIV transmission in children in South Africa

  British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003

  This 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.
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  Social marketing for adolescent sexual health: results of operations research projects in Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea, and South Africa

  Population Services International, 2000

  This report, produced by Population Services International (PSI), describes a project that tested the impact of youth-oriented social marketing techniques on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Interventions and communications strategies included promotion through mass media, brand names such as ‘Youth Horizon’, and condom distribution through peer educators and youth-friendly outlets.
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  Children, HIV/AIDS and communication in South Africa: a literature review

  Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2002

  This commissioned report aimed to to provide insight into issues related to communication of HIV/AIDS to children in the 3-12 year age group, with an emphasis on South Africa.
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  AIDS, public policy and child well-being

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children.
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  Nelson 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, 2002

  HIV prevalence data in South Africa has, in the past, mainly been derived from an annual survey of pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics.

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