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  Tackling political barriers to end AIDS

  Books for Change, 2007

  This policy document from ActionAid argues that the world’s political leaders are still refusing to mount an adequate response to the global HIV emergency. In 2005 world leaders made a commitment to creating universal access to HIV treatment, prevention and care by 2010, but two years later there is still no financial plan in place to achieve this.
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  UNAIDS practical guidelines for intensifying HIV prevention: towards universal access

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2007

  These guidelines from UNAIDS provide practical guidance for policy makers and planners who are working on creating universal access to HIV prevention services. The guidelines are based on the principle that it is necessary to tailor each national HIV prevention response to the specific social context, and the dynamics of the epidemic, in each country and among its vulnerable population groups.
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  Future forsaken: abuses against children affected by HIV/AIDS in India

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This Human Rights Watch report documents discrimination against HIV/AIDS affected children and highlights the failure of the Indian government to protect such children from abuses. The report finds that widespread discrimination in education, health and care is increasingly pushing children affected by HIV/AIDS onto the streets and into the worst forms of child labour.
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  Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: guidelines for service providers

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2004

  This document is a set of guidelines which outlines the nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and includes the steps that service providers can take to help PLWHA manage symptoms and improve health through nutrition.
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  Advancing health communication: the PCS experience in the field

  Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2003

  The paper offers here some practical lessons as to what works, what works better, and what does not work in the rapidly evolving and advancing field of health communication. It proposes feasible actions that over the years helped Population Communication Services projects (PCS) resolve some of the problems facing health communication programs at different stages.
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  National and sector HIV/AIDS policies in the member states of the Southern Africa Development Community

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2002

  This report is a summary of the existing HIV/AIDS national policies and plans among countries in SADC. Where national strategies are not available, the report analyses sector specific and other policy statements.
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  HIV and conflict: a double emergency

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  This report reflects the International Save the Children Alliance’s experience of HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world.In war, HIV/AIDS spreads rapidly as a result of sexual bartering, sexual violence, low awareness about HIV, and the breakdown of vital services in health and education. In conflict situations, young people are most at risk.
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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