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  The journey of life: a community workshop to support children

  Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This manual is a guide to conducting a workshop designed to raise awareness of the increasing psychological and social needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS, war, and displacement, and work out ways in which the community can find solutions.
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  Reaching out-of-school youth with reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  This paper from Youthnet examines the issue of reaching out-of-school youths with reproductive health (RH) and HIV/AIDS information services. Highlighting the difference between mainstream and socially marginalised out-of-school youth, it examines the link between schooling and safer sexual behaviour, emphasising the benefits of school beyond literacy and knowledge.
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  Sara, a role model for girls as they face HIV and AIDS in Africa: a review of the sara communication initiative for its introduction to Ghana

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  The Sara Communication Initiative (SCI) is a complementary regional project designed to support and reinforce on-going and future program activities supported by UNICEF, its partners and any organisation with similar goals.
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  Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants: guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  These World Health Organization guidelines review existing evidence on the use of antiretroviral drugs for preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and recommend specific ARV regimens according to different clinical situations.
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  Children on the brink 2004: strategies to support children isolated by HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This joint report from UNAIDS and UNICEF provides the latest data on the numbers of children who have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS globally. It also gives an overview of the key strategies that have been developed for responding to the needs of these orphans and all children made vulnerable by the pandemic.Along with a regional breakdown of the data, the report identifies key emerging trends.
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  Rapid appraisal of primary level health care services for HIV-positive children at public sector clinics in South Africa

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2002

  South Africa has a large and growing number of HIV-infected children. While no policy exists to provide anti-retroviral therapy to these children, several other effective health and social interventions are available which have been shown to improve life expectancy and quality of life in HIV-infected children.
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  Family and community interventions for children affected by AIDS

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2004

  This report, produced by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, reviews the effectiveness of current programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Meeting our rights to HIV prevention and care: access for all

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2004

  This UNICEF report is based on a series of consultations with young people from 15 countries who are affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis, in preparation for the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, July 2004. The report outlines the experiences of young people, highlighting the barriers they face in accessing information and services, and developing the skills to lead healthy lives.
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  The development, implementation and evaluation of interventions for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe: a literature review of evidence-based interventions for home-based child-centred development

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2004

  There is widespread recognition of the urgency of addressing the problem of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and a number of programmes have been implemented towards this end.
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  National cross sectional study of views on sexual violence and risk of HIV infection and AIDS among South African school pupils

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This study, published in the BMJ, investigates the views of South African school pupils (aged 10 – 19) on sexual violence and on the risk of HIV infection and AIDS, as well as on their experiences of sexual violence. Findings revealed that misconceptions about sexual violence were prevalent among both sexes, although more females held views that would put them at a higher risk of HIV.

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