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  Policies for orphans and vulnerable children: a framework for moving ahead

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2003

  This paper is concerned with policy responses that address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.It presents a summary of the global OVC situation and current policy responses, outlines existing policy frameworks for responding to OVC, and identifies policy-level gaps in national responses.As a conclusion of its research, the paper proposes a
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  State of denial: adolescent reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2002

  This report, produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights, documents the legal, policy and social barriers which prevent Zimbabwean adolescents from accessing dual protection methods and information.
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  Dangerous liaisons: people in cross-generational relationships underestimate risk

  Population Services International, 2003

  This paper presents a study of Kenyan women’s and men’s motivations for entering into cross-generational relationships and their risk perceptions of such relationships. Eight focus groups were conducted with women aged 15-19 and 28 in-depth interviews were carried out with men aged 30 years and older in Nairobi, Mombassa, Kisumu and Meru.
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  The state of world population 2003 – making 1 billion count: investing in adolescents’ health and rights.

  United Nations Population Fund, 2003

  The 2003 UNFPA report on world population focuses on the need for greater efforts to protect the human rights and well-being of young people. These include greater investments in education and in health, including sexual and reproductive health.
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  Preventing HIV/AIDS among adolescents through integrated communication programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2003

  This manual is designed to assist national UNFPA officers in planning, designing, implementing and evaluating communication interventions for HIV prevention among adolescents that integrate advocacy, behaviour change communication and education with other policy and service components.The manual provides a series of checklists to guide the programme or project officer in addressing key question
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  HIV prevalence and prevention among teenagers in Africa

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This short article argues that prevalence rates for HIV have been overestimated in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that, since there is very little comprehensive data collection of rates of infection and that most estimates are derived from testing in ante-natal clinics, rates are bound to be skewed.
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  How many orphans are there in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This article questions the standard statistics used by policy makers and others to asses the issue and response of children who lose one or more of their parents to HIV/AIDS. The author compares statistics cited by the two main sources of orphan data, and finds that they differ widely.
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  Expanded response guide to core indicators for monitoring and reporting on HIV/AIDS programs

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  This guide is the second in the series of two monitoring and evaluation handbooks which focuses on the new areas of USAID's Expanded Response to HIV/AIDS including care, support, and treatment for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS with a special focus on women and children.The paper offers a rationale for the expanded response monitoring and reporting system; targets for the expanded res
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  Adolescent girls literacy initiative for reproductive health (A GIFT for RH)

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This paper reports on a study that examines the impact of a health-focused literacy class in Nepal that combines reproductive health knowledge along with literacy training.
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  Pasteurized breastmilk as a replacement feed for babies of HIV-infected mothers

  ProNUTRITION, 2003

  This short report offers a guide for mothers demonstrating how they can use their own milk for their babies, while simultaneously avoiding any risk of post-partum transmission of the virus to their babies through breastfeeding. The two methods shown are flash-boiling and pretoria pasteurization

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