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  A doctor in your pocket

  The Economist, 2009

  This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors demonstrate how new technologies help to tackle the health problems of the world’s poorest.
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  UN drug summit: undo a decade of neglect

  Human Rights Watch, 2009

  UN drug control agencies have paid little attention to whether international drug control efforts are consistent with human rights protections, or to the effect of drug control policies on fundamental human rights. This webpage provides an overview of Human Rights Watch documentation of human rights abuses linked to drug enforcement laws, policies, and practices over the last decade.
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  Harm reduction and human rights: the global response to drug-related HIV epidemics

  International Harm Reduction Association, 2009

  It is estimated that 15.9 million people inject drugs in 158 countries and territories around the world. Despite the proven efficacy of harm reduction interventions and endorsement by the UN bodies, uptake of strategies for harm reduction is inadequate.
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  At what cost? HIV and human rights consequences of the global "war on drugs"

  Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009

  A decade after governments worldwide pledged to achieve a 'drug-free world', there is little evidence that the supply or demand of illicit drugs has been reduced. This digital book from the Open Society Institute argues that instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to increased incarceration for minor offenses, human rights violations, and disease.
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  Antiretroviral medication policy for refugees

  United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007

  This United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) antiretroviral policy is designed to offer guidance to UNHCR and its partners, as well as host governments, on the provision of the different forms of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to refugees.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: scaling up inequalities?

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2005

  This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings.
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  Mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults receiving antiretroviral treatment and survival of their HIV-uninfected children: a prospective cohort study

  The Lancet, 2008

  Whilst antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most effective clinical intervention for reduction of mortality in people with HIV-1 infection, access to ART in resource poor settings is very low. This article from the Lancet looks at whether home-based ART in Uganda is an effective way to reduce mortality, hospital admissions, and orphanhood in people with HIV-1 and their household members.
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  Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector

  World Health Organization, 2007

  This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less improvement in other priority areas of HIV treatment. The coverage rate for access to prophylactic ART by pregnant women, to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus, continues to be low.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: decreasing barriers to access and promoting adherence

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

  This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that the scale up of HIV testing and treatment cannot be done without improving access to primary healthcare. It also argues that food security is the greatest threat to the scale-up of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment provision in some of the countries most heavily affected by HIV.
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  ARV treatment fact sheet 18: symptom control and palliative care

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2005

  This fact sheet from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) provides information on how to control the painful symptoms of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for people living with HIV. The fact sheet is designed for people working in community-based health settings, and also for people caring for relatives affected by HIV at home.

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