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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS transmission, prevention and testing, HIV and AIDS, Mother to child transmission, Voluntary counselling and testing

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  Nurse-driven, community-supported HIV/AIDS treatment at the primary health care level in rural Lesotho: 2006-2008 programme report

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2009

  Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world, with an estimated 270,000 people living with HIV and AIDS in the country, and 18,000 deaths annually of AIDS-related complications.
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  Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2008

  World Health Organization, 2008

  This progress report, published by the World Health Organization, finds that the combined efforts of countries and international partners have resulted in substantial, ongoing progress towards providing HIV interventions in low- and middle income countries.
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  Women, HIV and human rights: the crisis of criminalization

  All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, UK, 2009

  This document outlines a presentation given by the Salamander Trust at a meeting on women and AIDS at the House of Commons in Westminster. The presenter details how, because of global attitudes, women with HIV/AIDS have seen their reproductive health rights and rights to liberty systematically and institutionally eroded.
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  Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India

  BioMed Central, 2008

  Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is an important part of the effort to control HIV. PMTCT services are mostly provided at public sector government hospitals in India and systematic data is not readily available. This report by Biomed Central looks as 16 PMTCT centres in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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  Ndola demonstration project: A midterm analysis of lessons learned

  2002

  This report from the Population Council summarises baseline and midterm findings of an intervention pilot study conducted by a team of researchers in Ndola District, Zambia.
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  Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

  This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out basis would be widely acceptable among pregnant women. Introducing this approach to testing could contribute significantly to improving uptake of services for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in developing countries.
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  Scaling up prevention and treatment for TB and HIV: report of the 4th TB/HIV global working group meeting

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This document reports on the fourth TB/HIV global working group meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in September 2004, which focused on scaling up collaborative prevention and treatment efforts to address the growing pandemic of both diseases.
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  Community care, change, and hope: local responses to HIV in Zambia

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2004

  This case study from The Synergy Project documents a successful model for facilitating a strong community response to HIV and AIDS. The model was used in the Salvation Army Change programme in the Ndola and Choma districts of Zambia. It aims to build on local strengths and resources which enable ordinary people to address barriers to using HIV and AIDS information and services.
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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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  An analysis of family planning content in HIV/AIDS, VCT, and PMTCT policies in 16 countries

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004

  This working paper from the POLICY Project analyses how international guidelines and national policies on HIV/AIDS, voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) address family planning. Looking at 16 countries with high HIV prevalence, the study finds that more than three-quarters of the policies reviewed mention family planning.

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