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AIDS: Burma's Shadowy Mass Export

In 2005 an estimated 360,000 people in Burma were living with HIV, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. These are hardly African levels yet, but rates are increasing dramatically and Burma's generals are doing nothing to stop them. Among ethnic minorities such as the Shan, an estimated 9 percent of men are HIV-positive; so, in some areas, are a staggering 96 percent of injecting drug-users. These rates are exacerbated by public ignorance, widespread poverty, burgeoning prostitution and drug abuse, lack of medicines, and the collapse of a once-respectable healthcare system under military misrule. "You essentially have the perfect storm, the perfect set of conditions for an explosive and sustained HIV epidemic," says Chris Beyrer, director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health and Human Rights in the US, and co-author of a recent report on the spread of serious infectious diseases in Burma. (Andrew Marshall, Irrawaddy, July 2006)

http://www.burmanet.org/news/2006/07/06/irrawaddy-aids-burma%E2%80%99s-shadowy-mass-export-andrew-marshall/

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AIDS: questions for development (pdf)

This 4-page Policy Briefing assesses past and current efforts to understand AIDS in relation to development and to identify key policy and research gaps. The briefing considers 4 key questions. Can we go beyond the existing frameworks of understanding and tackle the underlying drivers of HIV, in order to break the cycle of transmission more effectively? How should AIDS be analysed in relation to other shocks and livelihood vulnerabilities, to understand the interactions between the virus and development over the long term? In what ways do we need to reconfigure health systems, delivery and access to meet new and future challenges presented by HIV? What are the best ways of harnessing the capacity of governments, civil society, the private sector, researchers and communities to enhance coordination, transparency and accountability in the response to HIV? (Institute for development Studies, July 2006)

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/briefs/PB32.pdf

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AIDSchannel.org

AIDSchannel.org is a multimedia Web portal on issues relating to HIV/AIDS. Its mission is to foster understanding and knowledge, and to emphasise that the disease is not only a health but a development, social, economic and human rights issue. The site brings together information and resources from civil society organisations, governments, research institutions, media and other stakeholders working in the field. AIDSchannel.org provides credible and up to date content from a wide range of its information-rich partners world-wide. It acts as a platform for all those involved in the field to exchange and share information.

http://www.aidschannel.org/

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AIDSchannel.org's E-mail Digest

Stay informed. Register to AIDSchannel.org's weekly email digest to receive our top stories, features and analysis. Every Wednesday, you can receive the top HIV/AIDS stories from AIDSchannel.org. AIDSchannel.org delivers straight to your desktop: Latest HIV/AIDS news; Cutting edge campaigns and alerts; Debate, analysis and comment from experts and campaigners; News of resources to help tackle HIV/AIDS.

http://www.aidschannel.org/email_digest/

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AIDSInfo

US government National Institutes of Health website with general, scientific and clinical resources on HIV/AIDS.

http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/

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Aidsmap: Information on HIV and AIDS

On this site you can find original, daily news on developments in the world of HIV. The site also includes completely searchable databases of HIV treatment and care, worldwide HIV organisation listings, and one of the most comprehensive ranges of patient information available on the web.

http://aidsmap.com/

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Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants (pdf)

WHO, 2004. These guidelines present recommendations for the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants in resource-constrained settings. It contains a summary of the scientific rationale and programmatic considerations for these recommendations. By addressing issues of efficacy, safety, drug resistance and feasibility the document is intended to guide the selection of antiretroviral regimens to be included in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Moreover, it is intended to support and facilitate antiretroviral treatment for pregnant women and women of reproductive age who have indications for treatment. The guidelines may also be useful for health service providers as specific recommendations are provided for the most frequently encountered clinical situations.

http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/mtct/guidelines/en/

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Arabs and Aids

Arab countries argue that Islamic practices protect them from HIV. How true is this? While HIV rates are low, this writer argues, official statistics do not tell the whole story. (Shereen El Feki, Prospect, June 2006)

http://www.mask.org.za/article.php?cat=Opinion&id=1089

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Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations (APCASO)

APCASO is a network of NGOs and CBOs that provide HIV/AIDS services within the Asia and Pacific region. In countries that have strong NGOs and CBOs working in HIV/AIDS, APCASO support is aimed at regional projects and networks rather than support for individual projects or organisations. There is no formal membership policy, so any non-government and community-based organisation working on HIV/AIDS in the region can be a member.

http://www.apcaso.org/

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Asia-Pacific's Opportunity: Investing To Avert An HIV/AIDS Crisis (pdf)

ADB/UNAIDS Study Series, July 2004. The countries of Asia and the Pacific are at a make-or-break point on HIV/AIDS. Even at relatively low levels of infection compared with those in sub-Saharan Africa, the course of the epidemic in this region, home to over half the world's people, will determine the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS pandemic - as well as its toll - over the next decade.

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Asia-Pacific/APO-HIV.pdf

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Assessment of the World Food Security Situation 2005

Committee on World Food Security, Thirty-first Session Rome, 23-26 May 2005. Armed conflicts are now the leading cause of world hunger with the effects of HIV/AIDS and climate change not far behind, according to an FAO report presented today at a meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The report warned that the goal of reducing the number of the world's hungry by half by the year 2015, set by the World Food Summit in 1996 and reinforced by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, are almost certain to be missed by a wide margin if current trends persist. However, the goal of cutting the proportion of hungry and poor, the so-called MDG1, may be achieved in most regions with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/009/J4968e/j4968e00.htm#P104_13134

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Beyond Awareness Campaign: AIDS Mural Project Handbook

This illustrated booklet provides information on mural painting with a focus on experiences and images from the 1995-1996 seven-city mural project in South Africa, and is a guide for people interested in developing an AIDS mural. (CADRE, November 2004)

http://www.cadre.org.za/BAC/BACpdf/murals.pdf

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Blocking Progress: How the Fight against HIV/AIDS is Being Undermined by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (pdf)

A Policy Briefing by: ActionAid International USA, Global AIDS Alliance, Student Global AIDS Campaign, RESULTS Educational Fund. September 2004. This briefing explores the logic of International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan conditions to developing countries and why the IMF insists that keeping inflation low is more important than increasing public spending to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

http://www.actionaidusa.org/blockingprogress.pdf

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Changing Course Alternative Approaches to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals and Fight HIV/AIDS [PDF]

ActionAid's explosive new report details how the Millennium Development Goals and the war against HIV/AIDS can never succeed as long as the IMF continues to bind the growth and sovereignty of developing nations through its restrictive policies.

http://www.actionaidusa.org/pdf/Changing%20Course%20Report.pdf

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Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report [pdf]

This report reviews advances made over the past year or so in four areas where HIV and AIDS affect children. It finds that most countries have made important gains in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and in paediatric treatment. But much more remains to be done. (UNICEF, April 2008)

http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/ChildrenAIDS_SecondStocktakingReport.pdf

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Children on the Brink 2002 (pdf)

(UNAIDS) USAID, UNICEF and UNAIDS. One of the most telling and troubling consequences of the epidemic's growing reach is the number of children it has orphaned or seriously impacted. Today more than 13 million children currently under age 15 have lost one or both parents to AIDS, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. "Children on the Brink 2002" contains statistics on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS from 88 countries, analysis of the trends found in those statistics, and strategies and principles for helping the children.

http://www.unaids.org/EN/resources/epidemiology/epi_recent_publications/childrenonthebrink.asp

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Children on the Brink 2004: A joint report of new orphan estimates and a framework for action

UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID, July 2004. Millions of children are growing up without parents. Millions more are in households with family members sick or dying from AIDS; children in sub-Saharan African have been hardest hit. Children on the Brink 2004 presents the latest statistics on historical, current and projected numbers of children under 18 who have been orphaned by AIDS and other causes. This edition of the biannial report underscores the changing needs of this vulnerable group as they progress through adolescence and calls for the urgent development and expansion of family and community support.

http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_22212.html

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China: the intersections between poverty, health inequity, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS

This article argues that chronic and long term underinvestment in the health sector has created a public health crisis in China today. The weakened health system intersects with poverty and gender inequity which erodes women's right to basic health services. At the same time, as family planning programmes move away from their historically coercive practices (one child per family policy), the health system is increasingly unable to maintain basic access to provide for maternal health or the new challenges to women's health posed by HIV. (Joan Kaufman, Gender and Health Equity Network, 2005)

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ghen/resources/papers/KaufmanChinaHealthSystem.pdf

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Christian Groups Find New Allies At USAID

The AIDS pandemic in Africa has provided an entry point for U.S.-based Christian evangelical organisations that view some of the small countries in that continent as an opportunity for religious, political and social transformation. Working in concert with these groups is the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It is believed that "there's a huge role", for Christian groups because AIDS is an issue that fits with the Christian message. And the prevention of AIDS fits with the righteous living and moral standpoint of Christianity. (Bill Berkowitz, IPS News Agency, Jan 17, 2006)

http://ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=31801

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Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States

This report documents the experiences of HIV-positive detainees in immigration custody whose HIV treatment was denied, delayed, or interrupted, resulting in serious risk and often damage to their health.

http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us1207/

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Circle of Hope: Children's Rights in a World with AIDS

This 50 page report highlights how despite knowing the risks and how to protect themselves, many young people simply cannot choose safe sexual behaviour because of economic, social, and cultural pressures. Millions of children throughout the world do not have the means to protect themselves against the spread of HIV infection. Childhood is the time when attitudes are formed and behavioural patterns established. For these reasons, the report argues, it is vital for children and young people to play a central role in leading the response to AIDS in their communities. (Plan, August 2006)

http://www.plan-international.org/pdfs/circle.pdf

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Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS

IFRC, 2004. The purpose of the Code is to address these new challenges by: * outlining and building wider commitment to principles and practices, informed by evidence, that underscore successful NGO responses to HIV/AIDS * assisting 'Supporting NGOs' to improve the quality and cohesiveness of our work and our accountability to our partners and beneficiary communities * fostering greater collaboration between the variety of 'Supporting NGOs' now actively engaged in responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and * renewing the 'voice' of NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS by enabling us to commit to a shared vision of good practice in our programming and advocacy.

http://www.ifrc.org/what/health/hivaids/code/

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Condoms4Life

Condoms4life is a Global campaign to end Cathlic Bishops' ban on condoms. Provides medIa releases related to this issue, statistics about HIV and a paper with the Pro and Cons about the Church Policy concerning AIDS.

http://www.condoms4life.org/

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Conducting a Participatory Situation Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Guidelines and Tools

APRIL 2005 -- Family Health International has released an important new resource for improving the lives of orphans and vulnerable children. The guide, Conducting a Participatory Situation Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Guidelines and Tools, is a powerful tool that builds on experiences from FHI's work in the developing world. Conducting a situation analysis is a complex and delicate process. It gathers and analyzes information to guide planning and action. Done properly, it can help build consensus and among key stakeholders‑‑ essential in a growing epidemic ‑‑ and produce sound recommendations to promote shared understanding among relevant parties. Collecting data that is not directly linked to specific programs helps identify strengths and weaknesses in national and sub-national responses. Because this resource is focused on children, it features a special emphasis on ethical considerations for information-gathering. The six-chapter, 210-page guide offers sample consent forms, baseline surveys and interview guides, which can be adapted for local use. It was funded by the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator through the U.S. Agency for International Development. It was written by Renee DeMarco with FHI's OVC Team.

http://www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/pub/guide/ovcguide.htm

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Conducting a Situation Analysis of Orphans & Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (pdf)

John Williamson, Adrienne Cox, Beverly Johnston, USAID, Feb 2004. Worldwide, the number of children under age 15 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS stands at more than 14 million, and estimates predict this number will surpass 25 million by 2010. This framework and resource guide is intended to help people involved in programs assisting orphans and vulnerable children conduct a situation analysis. It is hoped that this guide will bring about a better understanding of the essential elements and outcomes of a situation analysis in order to promote realistic, effective, and feasible interventions to protect and improve the well-being of the children and families who bear the greatest impact of the AIDS epidemic. The guide serves as a tool for collecting and synthesizing in-country and sub-national information.

http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACX649.pdf

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