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  Time to act: save a million lives by 2015: prevent and treat among people living with HIV

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  Tuberculosis (TB) is the main cause of death in people living with HIV. This report is a call that TB should not be a death sentence for a two million people living with HIV and expected to die of TB between 2011 and 2015. The report highlights the following related facts and drawn findings:
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  WHO recommended collaborative TB/HIV activities: evaluation of implementation and performance in a rural district hospital in Cameroon

  National Centre for Biotechnology Information, USA, 2011

  In response to the need of integrating tuberculosis (TB)/HIV activities, the WHO in 2004 mapped out a number of key activities to be implemented by countries to ensure effective collaboration between TB and HIV programmes.
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  Timing and uptake of ART during treatment for active tuberculosis in HIV co-infected adults in Malawi

  Ingenta, 2011

  Malawian policy to invite patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2 months after initiating TB treatment changed recently; the new policy shortened the period to 2 weeks instead of 2 months.
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  Born, lived and died - but counted or not?

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012

  "Born, lived and died - but counted or not?" is the second in the "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'" series. It was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network and INDEPTH.
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  Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health services in Nepal and the factors associated with their use and non-use of services.
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  Evaluation of a school-based HIV prevention intervention among Yemeni adolescents

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Yemeni youth are experiencing increased pre-marital sex, peer pressure to engage in risky behaviour, and changing lifestyle norms. This article describes an evaluation of a school-based peer education intervention for HIV prevention among students in 27 high schools in Aden, Yemen.
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  Half empty or half full? APCOM takes stock of on World AIDS Day 2011 - key coalition's annual report on MSM HIV issues for Asia and the Pacific

  Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health, 2011

  In this media release, APCOM explains that despite HIV reaching its 30th birthday in 2011, significant global and regional policy progress will be undone by budget cuts and the global level. This in turn will have a negative effect on men who have sex with men (MSM) interventions and organisations.
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  Global health initiatives and delivery of health care: the case of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

  Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2009

  This study aims at assessing the impact of Global Fund-supported activities on the delivery of non-HIV services, health worker availability, workload, incentives and motivation and drug management, focussing on Malawi.
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  Regional policy and model legislation to address HIV and AIDS related stigma and discrimination

  Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2010

  This publication, commissioned by CARICOM, is a desk review report of existing legislative frameworks affecting people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their families in eleven countries in the Caribbean.  The study highlights findings around stigma and discrimination and the legal frameworks as presented below:
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  What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health and human rights concern. This multi-country study is sought to identify factors that are consistently associated with abuse across sites, in order to inform the design of IPV prevention programs. Main findings of the paper are that:

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