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  Sexuality in the media

  Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, 2005

  What is the extent of print media reportage of sexuality issues in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa? The findings, conclusions and recommendations of this research are similar. The print media all record low coverage, shallow analysis of sexuality issues and sometimes misinformation and disinformation.
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  Alcohol, gender and drinking problems: perspectives from low and middle income countries

  Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005

  The central theme of this book argues that in order to understand alcohol consumption and its consequences, we need to better understand social and cultural influences on the differences between men and women. The countries specifically under discussion are: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uganda, Mexico, India, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
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  Missing the target #3: stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk

  International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006

  This update report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) shows that the global effort to provide universal access to HIV treatment is stagnating. Despite progress in some areas it looks like the commitment to achieving universal access to treatment by 2010 will be missed by over 5 million people.
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  Fake medicines kill hundreds of thousands of people every year

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Counterfeit medicines are a serious problem in developing countries. The World Health Organization states that 25 percent of all drugs used in developing countries are illegal imitations. Hundreds of thousands die each year as a result of using these drugs.
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  SOMO briefing paper on ethics in clinical trials: Examples of unethical trials

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006

  This briefing paper provides an overview of known examples of unethical clinical trials for pharmaceuticals with a focus on developing countries. The study makes the following general observations :
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  Consumers stated and revealed preferences for community health workers and other strategies for the provision of timely and appropriate treatment of Malaria in South East Nigeria

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2006

  This article, published in Malaria Journal, examines people’s attitudes towards community health workers (CHWs) as a strategy for improving the timeliness and appropriateness of malaria treatment in Nigeria. CHWs would be better able than most people to recognise the symptoms of malaria and dispense appropriate medication.
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  The CAPA handbook: a "how-to" guide for implementing Catchment Area Planning and Action, a community-based child survival approach

  Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, USAID, 2004

  This manual, published by Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival/Nigeria (BASICS II/N), provides guidelines on an approach to improving child survival known as Catchment Area Planning and Action (CAPA).
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  Polio vaccines: difficult to swallow: the story of a controversy in northern Nigeria

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper analyses the role of global actors and national governments in implementing effective immunisation campaigns. This is done using the case of northern Nigeria’s boycott of the polio vaccination campaign.
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  A leadership strategy for reducing hunger and malnutrition in Africa: the agriculture-nutrition advantage

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2005

  This paper reviews the aspects and outcomes of the Agriculture- Nutrition Advantage project implemented in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States.
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  Women’s sexual control within conjugal union: Implications for HIV/AIDS infection and control in a metropolitan city

  Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2005

  This study, published in Demographic Research, examines the extent to which women have control over their sexuality within marriage in Lagos, Nigeria, and its implications for the spread of HIV. Findings from the study show that women have some control over their sexuality, such as during menstruation, breastfeeding, pregnancy and sickness.

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