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  Ten myths and one truth about generalised HIV epidemics

  The Lancet, 2007

  This editorial from the Lancet outlines ten commonly held misconceptions about HIV epidemics that impede prevention efforts.
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  Positive prevention: HIV prevention with people living with HIV

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007

  This document from the International AIDS Alliance is intended as a resource to help NGOs and HIV service providers working across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to take steps towards integrating HIV prevention for, by and with people living with HIV (PLWHA).
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  HIV/AIDS as a security issue in Africa: lessons from Uganda

  International Crisis Group, 2004

  This report is the third in a series on HIV/AIDS as a security issue from the International Crisis Group (ICG), and draws on the policy experience of Uganda. The report asserts that HIV/AIDS prevention and conflict prevention should go hand in hand: evidence suggests that war can lead to increased risks of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS can make conflicts worse.
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  Rwanda: “Marked for Death”, rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

  Amnesty International, 2004

  This Amnesty International report explores the situation of rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.
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  Antiretroviral drugs and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This paper analyses the different alternatives that are available for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in resource-constrained settings, and makes recommendations about the best course of action in a number of situations.The paper argues that there are effective interventions to significantly reduce the risk of MTCT, namely:birth by caesareanuse of antire
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  Where there's a will there's a way: nursing and midwifery champions in HIV/AIDS care in Southern Africa

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  Commissioned by the SADC (Southern African Development Community) AIDS Network of Nurses and Midwives (SANNAM) in collaboration with UNAIDS, this report summarises the results of a month of field research in five countries in Southern Africa – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.
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  Predicting the public health impact of antiretrovirals: preventing HIV in developing countries

  AIDScience, 2003

  The authors discuss the potential public health impact of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in developing countries. They use mathematical models to show that ARVs could prevent a substantial number of HIV infections, significantly reduce HIV prevalence, but would increase the transmission and prevalence of drug-resistant strains of HIV.
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  Stigma, HIV/AIDS and prevention of mother-to-child transmission: a pilot study in Zambia, India, Ukraine and Burkina Faso

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2001

  Aims to assess and provide an initial analysis of the extent of perceived and enacted stigma, consider stigma in general and, more specifically, that surrounding mother-to-child transmission, and to explore what steps might be taken to alleviate it.Piolot research was conducted in India (South Asia), Ukraine (Eastern Europe), Burkina Faso (Francophone West Africa) and Zambia (Anglophone South