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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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  A briefing paper for DFID: update on China and India and access to medicines

  DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2005

  This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre, examines how Intellectual Property (IP) agreements impact upon the pharmaceutical sector in China and India, and how this in turn affects access to medicines.
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  Access to medicines in under-served markets: what are the implications of changes in intellectual property rights, trade and drug registration policy?

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This research paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre shows that the laws on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) are having a negative effect on health systems in developing countries.The report brings together findings from seven studies commissioned by DFID on the public health implications of TRIPS for developing countries and the effect it has on access to drug
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  The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China: considerations for access to medicines

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product patents affect the pharmaceutical industries in these countries; and what will happen to the supply of low-priced medicines domestically and internationally.
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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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  Needles and sex - understanding HIV in Russia, China and India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  The future of the HIV pandemic will be hugely influenced by the populous countries of China, India and Russia. Can we predict what will happen to the HIV epidemics in these countries? By what means does HIV infection most commonly occur in these countries and what can be done to prevent it?
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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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  The next wave of HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China

  National Intelligence Council, USA, 2002

  This document from the National Intelligence Council (NIC) makes predictions about the course and implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the next eight years. It states that the number of people with HIV/AIDS will grow significantly by the end of the decade. The increase will be driven by the spread of the disease in five populous countries—Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China.
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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.