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  Antiretroviral medication policy for refugees

  United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007

  This United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) antiretroviral policy is designed to offer guidance to UNHCR and its partners, as well as host governments, on the provision of the different forms of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to refugees.
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  Failing women, withholding protection 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

  Oxfam, 2008

  Since the beginning of the HIV pandemic, many girls and women have struggled to protect themselves from infection, even when fully aware of the facts of HIV transmission.
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  Monitoring the UNGASS goals on sexual and reproductive health

  Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2008

  This report, collated by the Health Systems Trust, contributes to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) AIDS 2008 review process. It looks at the goals set by UNGASS to improve the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa and how it hopes to achieve them.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: scaling up inequalities?

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2005

  This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings.
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  I am at the lowest end of all: rural women living with HIV face human rights abuses in South Africa

  Amnesty International, 2008

  This report from Amnesty International investigates the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa, based on interviews with rural women living with HIV.
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  Building Bridges: home-based care model for supporting older carers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

  HelpAge International, 2007

  Research in 2006 by Helpage International and partners of Tanzania shows that 20-45 % of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and 25-75 % of vulnerable children are cared for in older headed households. Older people’s role of caring for their dependents is difficult in a complex environment.
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  Ten myths and one truth about generalised HIV epidemics

  The Lancet, 2007

  This editorial from the Lancet outlines ten commonly held misconceptions about HIV epidemics that impede prevention efforts.
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  Dangerous medicines: unproven AIDS cures and counterfeit antiretroviral drugs

  Globalization and Health, 2008

  This paper published in the journal Globalization and Health looks at anecdotal evidence that unproven AIDS ‘cures’ are widely used, and promoted by some countries’ governments, instead of evidence based antiretroviral therapy (ART).
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  Priority interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector

  HIV/AIDS Department, WHO, 2008

  Despite progress made in scaling up the response over the last decade, the HIV pandemic remains the most serious infectious disease challenge to global public health.
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  AIDS in Brazil: a portrait in red

  The Economist, 2008

  This article from the Economist describes how the Brazilian government has sought to control the HIV epidemic spreading across the country. The report details how over the past 20 years the epidemic has expanded from vulnerable groups such as gay men into the general population. There are three main strands to the government’s response:

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