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  Challenges in the social sector: confronting Caribbean SIDS

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This paper identifies those areas which ECLAC believes lead to the most pressing social problems in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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  AIDS Epidemic Update 2004

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004

  This joint UNAIDS/WHO report outlines the most recent trends in the global AIDS epidemic. Women are increasingly affected by HIV and make up nearly half of the 37.2 million living with HIV world wide. In sub-Saharan Africa, almost 60 percent of adults living with HIV are women. The report identifies Southern Africa as the worst-hit region with HIV prevalence rates surpassing 25 percent.
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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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  HIV prevention in maternal health services: a training guide

  EngenderHealth, 2004

  This training manual, produced by EngenderHealth, provides guidance on how to integrate prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) into maternal health services. Its objective is to build the capacity of programme managers and staff to meet the HIV and STI needs of women who are pregnant or who have given birth.
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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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  HIV-positive women report more lifetime partner violence: findings from a voluntary counseling and testing clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  American Journal of Public Health, 2002

  This study explores the link between HIV and violence against women (VAW) by comparing the experiences of partner violence between HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in Tanzania. The study found that the odds of reporting at least one violent event were significantly higher among HIV-positive women than among HIV-negative women.
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  The war within the war: sexual violence against women and girls in eastern Congo

  Human Rights Watch, 2002

  This Human Rights Watch report examines sexual violence against women and girls in the context of the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. The report finds that sexual violence is an integral part of the conflict and has been used as a weapon of war by most of the forces involved.
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  Women and HIV/AIDS: confronting the crisis

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004

  This report, published by UNIFEM, UNAIDS and UNFPA, is a call to action to address the triple threat of gender inequality, poverty and HIV/AIDS. It highlights the work of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, a UNAIDS initiative that supports programmes which mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls worldwide.
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  National cross sectional study of views on sexual violence and risk of HIV infection and AIDS among South African school pupils

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This study, published in the BMJ, investigates the views of South African school pupils (aged 10 – 19) on sexual violence and on the risk of HIV infection and AIDS, as well as on their experiences of sexual violence. Findings revealed that misconceptions about sexual violence were prevalent among both sexes, although more females held views that would put them at a higher risk of HIV.

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