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  Clinical Profile of HIV/AIDS-infected Patients Admitted to a New Specialist Unit in Dhaka, Bangladesh — A Low-prevalence Country for HIV

  International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 2011

  This paper describes the clinical features of a series of patients admitted to the specialist HIV/AIDS unit (Jagori) of the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) during May 2008–February 2010. Data were collected from a review of documents and electronic case-records and collation of laboratory results with respect to CD4 counts.
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  NACS Meeting Report 2011

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2011

  Ninety-eight participants from 18 countries met to share tools and experiences and to disseminate promising approaches in nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) programming. NACS is the primary model supported by the United States President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for integrating nutrition services into clinical HIV care and treatment services.
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  Coverage of malaria protection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and analysis of national survey data

  The Lancet, 2011

  Malaria infection during pregnancy can lead to very poor outcomes for the mother and child. In 2007, there were about 32 million pregnancies in malaria-endemic areas in sub-Saharan Africa.
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  "It's her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern Tanzania

  Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011

  Partner involvement has been deemed fundamental in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes, but is difficult to achieve. This study aimed to explore acceptability of the PMTCT programme components and to identify structural and cultural challenges to male involvement. The study was conducted in rural and urban areas in northern Tanzania.
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  Trends and determinants of Comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among urban young women in Kenya

  AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011

  In sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya is among countries most affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic which led to the declaration of AIDS as a national disaster in 1999. Given this scenario the study was undertaken to examine trends in HIV and AIDS comprehensive knowledge and identify the main correlates of comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge among Kenyan urban young women.
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  AIDS Research and Therapy

  AIDS Research and Therapy is an open access, peer reviewed journal publishing basic science and clinically important research articles to help abate the spread of AIDS.
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  Decentralization of the provision of health services to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural China: the case of three counties

  Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011

  This study is based on a large-scale household survey and in-depth interviews of key informants that was conducted in villages in three counties of two provinces in China. It assessed the new decentralized service provision system for people living with HIV/AIDS in rural populations in China.
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  Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2011

  At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001, the world made a promise to reduce the prevalence of HIV in young people globally by 25 per cent by the end of 2010 and to increase young people’s access to essential prevention information, skills and services so as to reach 95 per cent of those in need by the same date.
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  Carework and caring: A path to gender equitable practices among men in South Africa?

  International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011

  To what degree can carework help men to foster gender equitable attitudes and p
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  How HIV/AIDS scale-up has impacted on non- HIV priority services in Zambia

  BMC Public Health, 2010

  Much of the debate as to whether or not the scaling up of HIV service delivery in Africa benefits non-HIV priority services has focused on the use of nationally aggregated data. This paper analyses and presents routine health facility record data to show trend correlations across priority services.

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