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  Voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa: Challenges and opportunities

  South African Health Review / Health Systems Trust, 2013

  Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) was first proposed as an HIV prevention intervention for men over a decade ago based on observational data. These initial observational studies showed a link between circumcision and low HIV prevalence.
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  Palliative care for women living with HIV and cervical cancer

  Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013

  Women who are HIV infected have a much higher risk of developing pre-cancer and cancer of the cervix than women who are HIV negative and cervical cancer has been described as an AIDS-defining illness.
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  2013 Pipeline Report

  Treatment Action Group, 2013

  This report focuses on HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Tuberculosis (TB) drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, preventive technologies, research toward a cure, and immune-based and gene therapies in development.
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  Valuing and compensating caregivers for their contributions to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS: an agenda for action

  Huairou Commission, 2010

  This paper concerns the valuation and compensation of caregivers for their ongoing contribution to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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  Assessing the population health impact of market interventions to improve access to antiretroviral treatment

  Health Policy and Planning, 2011

  Despite global progress in increasing coverage of antiretroviral treatment (ART), the majority of people needing ART currently are not receiving treatment.
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  Time to act: save a million lives by 2015: prevent and treat among people living with HIV

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011

  Tuberculosis (TB) is the main cause of death in people living with HIV. This report is a call that TB should not be a death sentence for a two million people living with HIV and expected to die of TB between 2011 and 2015. The report highlights the following related facts and drawn findings:
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  WHO recommended collaborative TB/HIV activities: evaluation of implementation and performance in a rural district hospital in Cameroon

  National Centre for Biotechnology Information, USA, 2011

  In response to the need of integrating tuberculosis (TB)/HIV activities, the WHO in 2004 mapped out a number of key activities to be implemented by countries to ensure effective collaboration between TB and HIV programmes.
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  Timing and uptake of ART during treatment for active tuberculosis in HIV co-infected adults in Malawi

  Ingenta, 2011

  Malawian policy to invite patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2 months after initiating TB treatment changed recently; the new policy shortened the period to 2 weeks instead of 2 months.
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  Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal

  BioMed Central, 2011

  Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health services in Nepal and the factors associated with their use and non-use of services.
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  Regional policy and model legislation to address HIV and AIDS related stigma and discrimination

  Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2010

  This publication, commissioned by CARICOM, is a desk review report of existing legislative frameworks affecting people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their families in eleven countries in the Caribbean.  The study highlights findings around stigma and discrimination and the legal frameworks as presented below:

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