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  Violence and exposure to HIV among sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  USA Agency for International Development, 2006

  As one of the few countries that have managed to check the spread of HIV, Cambodia is widely praised as a success story. This success is often attributed to the country's 100% condom programme. However, the evidence in this report from USAID reveals that the national HIV/AIDS program has failed to protect the rights of sex workers as women and as citizens.
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  Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a training manual for nurses and midwives

  Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008

  This training manual, published by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II (FANTA-2) Project, recognises that nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and support for people living with HIV (PLHIV). They help to manage symptoms, promote response to treatment and improving functioning and quality of life.
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  Doorways I: Student training manual on school-related gender-based violence prevention and response

  US Agency for International Development, 2009

  Violence in and around schools is a worldwide problem with serious implications for the educational attainment, health and well-being of all children. This Doorways training programme was designed by the U.S.
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  Long-term evaluation of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual health programme in rural Mwanza, Tanzania: a randomised controlled trial

  MEMA kwa Vijana, 2008

  MEMA kwa Vijana (MkV) is an adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) programme working in schools, health facilities and communities in Tanzania.
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  School-based HIV prevention programmes for African youth

  Social Science and Medicine, 2003

  The high rate of HIV infection among youth in Africa has prompted both national and international attention.
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  Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial

  International AIDS Society, 2007

  Young people in the rural African population are at high risk of adolescent pregnancy and STIs, with a low incidence of condom use and a high proportion entering into sexual activity. This report in the official journal of the International AIDS Society shows how the impact of a multicomponent intervention programme on the sexual health of adolescents was assessed in rural Tanzania.
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  Preventing HIV/AIDS in young people: a systematic review of the evidence from developing countries

  World Health Organization, 2006

  There is now wide consensus about the main settings through which young people can be reached with HIV/AIDS preventive interventions. These include schools, health services, mass media and through community and outreach programmes targeting the young people who are most at risk of HIV.
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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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  The role of schools in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries

  Population Council, USA, 2007

  Boys and girls who reach adolescence without the required literacy, language, and critical thinking skills are less able to assume responsibility for their own health, through appropriate risk assessment and adoption of a healthy lifestyle. Without an adequate educational foundation, many of the school-based sexual and reproductive health programs designed for adolescents are likely to fail.
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  Tell me more! Children’s rights and sexuality in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa

  Child Rights Information Network, 2007

  This report is an overview of the strategies children adopt for dealing with sexuality and relationships in the face of the HIV/AIDS scourge in sub-Saharan Africa. It is aimed at providing stakeholders with a coherent rights-orientated and child-oriented knowledge base to advocate for the development of a sexual and reproductive health agenda.

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