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  Shuga: engaging Tanzanian young people in HIV prevention through edutainment radio

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2014

  The Shuga radio serial drama is an evidence-based and participatory behaviour change communication edutainment drama designed to increase demand for HIV testing and counselling (HTC) and condom use among sexually active youth aged 15-24 years.
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  Eliminating mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV in Uganda by 2015: what will it take?

  HIV/AIDS Knowledge Management and Communication Capacity, 2014

  Attaining Elimination of Mother‐to‐Child Transmission (EMTCT) targets in Uganda by 2015 requires increased funding to the response from both the Government and international agencies, investment in health systems strengthening, and investment in gender sensitive, family centred community engagement.
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  HIV/AIDS among youth in urban informal (slum) settlements in Kenya: what are the correlates of and motivations for HIV testing?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

  Although HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is widely considered an integral component of HIV prevention and treatment strategies, few studies have examined HCT behavior among youth in sub-Saharan Africa - a group at substantial risk for HIV infection.
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  Male youth and voluntary counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT): the case of Uganda and Malawi

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009

  Voluntary Counseling and HIV-Testing (VCT) is defined as a process by which an individual undergoes counseling, enabling him or her to make an informed choice about being tested.
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  Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV within HIV proposals funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  Journal of Women's Health Care, 2012

  This article aims to to analyse interventions for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) included in HIV proposals approved for funding by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund).PMTCT interventions are guided by a comprehensive strategic approach, which includes four components:
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  Guideline on HIV disclosure counselling for children up to 12 years of age

  World Health Organization, 2011

  This document provides guidance for health care workers (HCWs) on how to support children up to 12 years of age and their caregivers with disclosure of HIV status. This guidance is intended as part of a comprehensive approach to ensuring child wellbeing following the child’s own diagnoses of HIV or that of a parent/caregiver. Key findings include: 
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  Children and AIDS fifth stocktaking report, 2010

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2010

  This report argues that the elimination of AIDS-related deaths in children is possible, but it will require vision, leadership and system-wide improvements in health-care delivery, as well as deep-seated social change. The paper finds that:
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  Guide to Implementation of Services for Early Diagnosis of HIV in Infants in Resource-Limited Settings (3 Guides)

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 2009

  This 3-book guide, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is based on the need for early diagnosis of HIV infection in children as the first critical step to reducing HIV-related morbidity and mortality in the first years of life, and a key component to the follow-up of HIV-exposed children.
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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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