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  What's culture got to do with HIV and AIDS?

  Healthlink Worldwide [formerly Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group ], 2007

  This paper from Healthlink Worldwide argues that developing more effective cultural approaches to HIV prevention should be a priority. The paper draws on the preliminary findings of a study co-sponsored by the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to examine the role of culture in HIV work.
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  A community health approach to palliative care for HIV/AIDS and cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies community health programmes as the key element in responding to the palliative care needs of those affected by cancer, HIV and AIDS in Africa. It outlines a project conducted in Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe to strengthen the delivery of palliative care programmes in those countries.
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  YouthLens No. 21: Integrating reproductive health and HIV services for youth

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2007

  Often health services for young people address contraception or prevention of HIV/STIs, but not both. Would an integrated approach to sexual health services reduce unwanted pregnancies and HIV/STIs among young people? This briefing paper reports on the findings of a series of studies that examined this question.
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  Internet use among Ugandan adolescents: implications for HIV intervention

  Public Library of Science Medicine, 2006

  This article from PLoS Med surveys internet use among adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda. Out of 500 students questioned, 45 per cent had used the internet, out of whom 78 per cent had gone online in the previous week. The authors found that, as maternal education increased, so did the odds of adolescent internet use.
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  A trickle or a flood: commitments and disbursement for HIV/AIDS from the Global Fund, PEPFAR, and the World Bank’s Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP)

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  This paper from the Center for Global Development examines the amount of money provided for HIV programmes by the three main global funders since 2004. These three are the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the World Banks’ Multi-Country AIDS Programme (MAP).
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  Understanding positive women's realities: Exchange Autum 2006

  Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender, 2006

  This issue of Exchange, produced in association with the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), focuses on the experience of women living with HIV. The issue focuses particularly on sexual and reproductive rights.
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  From access to adherence: the challenges of antiretroviral treatment

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This report demonstrates that access to antiretrovirals (ARVs) is only one part of the treatment equation. The study presents studies from Botswana, Tanzania and Uganda. It argues that without targeted patient support, patients may not take their medicines regularly or frequently enough (adherence), and lose the therapeutic benefits of treatment.
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  Making space for citizens: broadening the ‘new democratic spaces’ for citizen participation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This IDS Policy Briefing explores the new democratic spaces that have opened up for citizen participation in a range of countries, including Angola, Brazil, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Uganda, Mexico, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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  Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a home-based AIDS care programme in rural Uganda

  The Lancet, 2006

  This article, from the Lancet, assesses how a home-based AIDS care programme in rural Uganda can affect adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Poverty and limited health services prevent successful adherence to ART for many HIV positive people. The authors argue that non-facility based innovations for ART delivery and treatment are necessary.
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  Market development approaches scoping report

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2006

  This paper, produced for the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, explores how market development approaches (MDAs) for reproductive health commodities, can contribute to financial sustainability, improved access and expanded choice.

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