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  Progress Report: HIV/AIDS Impact Studies II - Some Progress Evident

  Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2002

  Review of 2001-2002 research publications on the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS
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  HIV/AIDS and Globalization: what is the epidemic telling us about economics, morality and pragmatism?

  Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2002

  There is a debate as to the meaning and effects of “globalization” as well as about whether it is “new” and, if so, in what ways. This paper briefly examines: the history of disease in relation to globalizationthe meanings and importance of “globalization”where and how the HIV/AIDS epidemic fits into the picturesome of the theoretical and ideological implications.
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  Agriculture and HIV/AIDS

  HIV and Development in Asia and the Pacific, UNDP, 2002

  This paper brings together work done by FAO, focussing on identifying the impacts of the HIV epidemic. It argues that the agricultural sector should concentrate on areas in which it has a comparative advantage, as opposed to carrying out health work. It identifies the key points of intervention at the farming level and farm-household system.
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  Expanding community-based support for orphans and vulnerable children

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2002

  A report documenting the findings of a workshop to understand the proliferation of orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) initiatives throughout East and Southern Africa and the ways in which NGOs and their partners can expand the impact and coverage of OVC programmes.
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  Using men as community based distributors of condoms

  Population Council, USA, 2002

  This program brief is based on the premise that, worldwide, condoms are not used enough to keep HIV/AIDS and other STIs in check.
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  HIV/AIDS, poverty and risky sexual behavior: evidence from South Africa

  Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2002

  This paper explores the relationship between poverty, knowledge about HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behavior.
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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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  Children on the brink 2002: a joint report on orphan estimates and program strategies

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2002

  The paper details a number of impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on children.
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  Risks and macroeconomic impacts of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa: why waiting to intervene can be costly

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2002

  In the Middle East and North Africa, HIV/AIDS prevalence is low when compared with other regions. However, the authors make the case that lack of surveillance may cause authorities to miss significant numbers of cases and that necessary risk factors to the spread of the epidemic are present.
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  The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the health of the elderly in Tanzania

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2001

  This paper is a product of the research project on “The economic impact of fatal adult illness due to AIDS and other causes in Sub-Saharan Africa”.The paper uses longitudinal household data from the Kagera Region of Tanzania collected in 1991-94 to measure the impact of mortality, mainly as a result of HIV/AIDS, of prime-aged adult household members on the level and changes in physical well-bei

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