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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS, ARVs, HIV and AIDS treatment and care in India

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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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  Missing the target #3: stagnation in AIDS treatment scale up puts millions of lives at risk

  International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006

  This update report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) shows that the global effort to provide universal access to HIV treatment is stagnating. Despite progress in some areas it looks like the commitment to achieving universal access to treatment by 2010 will be missed by over 5 million people.
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  Supporting safe and effective ARV treatment in India: building treatment friendly communities

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2006

  This rapid situation assessment, from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, explores the psychological, social and material needs of those on ART (anti-retroviral therapy) in India (Manipur and Andhra Pradesh). It also explored the challenges faced by people on ART and quality of existing services.
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  Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reach the poorest populations. This is because the poorest mothers are more likely to deliver at home than in a health facility.
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  Financing issues in proposed HIV/AIDS intervention of providing anti-retroviral drugs to selected regions in India

  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2004

  The development of antiretroviral therapy has given a new hope for people living with Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). In the face of increased disease burden due to AIDS the global and political commitment towards controlling the pandemic has received renewed thrust in recent times.
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  AIDS In India: public health related aspects of industrial and intellectual property rights policies in a developing country

  Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi, 2004

  By 2004, an estimated 40 million people world-wide are infected by the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV). The epidemic essentially affects developing countries (DCs), and India is no exception, with reported cases numbering around 4 million.
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.
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  AIDS, public policy and child well-being

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children.
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  Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Asia: practical guidance for programs

  US Agency for International Development, 2002

  In most countries in Asia, pediatric incidences of HIV/AIDS are increasing.
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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