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  Mobilization for microbicides: the decisive decade

  Rockefeller Foundation, 2002

  Highlights the need for microbicides to help millions of women around the world prevent HIV infection and death from AIDS.The research model found that the introduction of microbicides could avert 2.5 million HIV infections and save US$2.7 billion on HIV/AIDS treatment.In conclusion, to make microbicides available for use will require lengthy and expensive research to prove their effectivene
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  Rethinking differences and rights in sexual and reproductive health: a training manual for health care providers

  Family Health International, 2002

  The target audience for this guide is the men and women working in sexual and reproductive health who are interested in promoting training or reflections designed to improve gender and culturally sensitive care among their provider teams.
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  Stigma, HIV/AIDS and prevention of mother-to-child transmission: a pilot study in Zambia, India, Ukraine and Burkina Faso

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2001

  Aims to assess and provide an initial analysis of the extent of perceived and enacted stigma, consider stigma in general and, more specifically, that surrounding mother-to-child transmission, and to explore what steps might be taken to alleviate it.Piolot research was conducted in India (South Asia), Ukraine (Eastern Europe), Burkina Faso (Francophone West Africa) and Zambia (Anglophone South
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  The evidence base for interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in Low and Middle-Income countries

  Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001

  Reviews the scale of maternal and neonatal mortality and serious morbidity in low and middle income countries, and the factors that account for the huge discrepancies in the rates of these poor outcomes compared with high income countries.
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  Resolution on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Americas

  Pan American Health Organization, 2001

  This paper outlines the resolutions taken at the meeting of the 43rd Directive Council on AIDS in the Americas held in Washington DC between the 24 and the 28th of September 2001Considering the trends in the HIV/AIDS/STI epidemic in the Americas and their present and future impact, and recognising the need for a commitment by governments and society to respond effectively and with solidarity t
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  Young men and HIV: culture, poverty and sexual risk

  Panos Institute, London, 2001

  This report explains the critical role that young men play in the global AIDS pandemic. It highlights how they have been largely ignored in HIV interventions to date and explains how this exclusion could have devastating results in the long-term.
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  Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999

  This document presents three sets of studies on the determinants of HIV-related vulnerability among young peopleThe report is available as a whole, and in 4 smaller sections: Overview/introductionYoung people
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  Family Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society

  Family Health International, 1999

  Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.
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  Women of the world: laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2001

  This document is the product of a unique series of collaborative reports between the U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and national-level NGOs around the world. CRLP and NGOs in have surveyed laws and policies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe with respect to the following issues:governmental health and population policies with an e
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  No quick fix: a sustained response to HIV/AIDS and children

  Save the Children Fund, 2001

  Report looks at how the AIDS epidemic is affecting children and young people, what is being done to address the consequences of the epidemic, and possible ways forwardPaper addresses the UN Declaration of Commitment to combatting HIV/AIDS, and makes recommendations, specifically regarding the following issues:comprehensive responses to the epidemicincreased prevention efforts, espec

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