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    The female condom: from research to the marketplace

    Family Health International, 1997
    This article from Family Health International (FHI) is based on a 1997 conference on the female condom. The document outlines the key questions and major issues discussed at the conference, such as scientific research, empowerment of women, price as a barrier, policy, product delivery, gender sensitive implementation strategies and evaluation.
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    Ensuring equitable access to antiretroviral therapy: WHO/UNAIDS policy statement

    World Health Organization, 2004
    This joint policy brief from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS identifies key actions needed to address the gender dimensions of equity in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Gender-based inequalities put women and girls at increased risk of HIV infection.
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    Reproductive health and rights: HIV/AIDS and gender equality

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004
    This paper is part of an ongoing study that explores the role of gender in the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean.
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    Sexual violence in conflict settings and the risk of HIV

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004
    This brief, from the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, explores the nature of sexual violence in conflict settings and the risk of HIV. It outlines why it is important to focus on violence against women (VAW) in conflict settings and HIV. It then explores where and how VAW and HIV/AIDS intersect in these settings. The third section looks at how VAW in conflict settings can be addressed.
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    The burden of co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and malaria in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa

    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004
    This American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene report reviews information collected over the last 15 years which explores the connections between HIV and malaria in pregnant women. The article examines the effect of maternal HIV on malaria during pregnancy, as well as the effect of maternal malaria on HIV.
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    Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease: Part II: determinants operating at environmental and institutional level

    The Lancet, 2004
    This review, produced by The Lancet, looks at the various factors that influence vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS infection at environmental and institutional level. It identifies strategies to improve resilience to all three diseases simultaneously, stressing the importance of a cross-sectoral approach.
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    Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease: Part 1: determinants operating at individual and household level

    The Lancet, 2004
    This review assesses the various factors that affect vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS infection and disease at the individual and household levels. Produced by The Lancet, it examines in particular the influence that age, sex, and genetics have on the biological response to the three diseases and looks at what effect the three illnesses have on each other.
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    Assessing the vulnerability of women street traders to HIV/AIDS: a comparative analysis of Uganda and South Africa

    Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2004
    This HEARD study examines women street traders' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Uganda. The paper examines how conditions of employment in the informal economy influence women’s social and economic marginalisation. It then goes on to explore how this is linked to the social and behavioural dynamics that influence HIV/AIDS.
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    Issues in brief : the role of reproductive health providers in preventing HIV

    Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004
    This ‘Issues in Brief’, produced in collaboration with UNAIDS, Alan Guttmacher Institute, IPPF and UNFPA, discusses the capacity of reproductive health service providers to fully integrate HIV-related activities into their services. The report outlines how providers of reproductive health services have the knowledge and skills that would enable stepped-up interventions for HIV prevention.
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    Sexual power and HIV risk, South Africa

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 2004
    This paper is a preliminary exploration into the effects of sexual power on both HIV status and condom use among young women in South Africa. The study estimated that a lack of sexual power would decrease the likelihood of consistent condom use and increase the risk for HIV infection among 15- to 24-year-old women.

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