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Publications: HIV/AIDS


Young People Most at Risk of HIV

A meeting report and discussion paper

A new report from the Interagency Youth Working Group, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, and FHI calls attention to young people ages 10–24 within the populations considered most at risk of HIV infection: young men who have sex with men, young people who sell sex, and young people who inject drugs.
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Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV

Operational plan for the UNAIDS action framework: addressing women, girls, gender equality and HIV

This framework addresses the rights and needs of women and girls and highlights opportunities to work with networks of women living with HIV and diverse women’s groups, while engaging men and boys, in particular those working for gender equality.
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Donor Support for Contraceptives and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention 2009

  UNFPA has been tracking donor support for contraceptives and condoms for STI/HIV prevention since 1990. This annual report is intended to enhance coordination among partners at all levels and to continue progress toward universal access to sexual and reproductive health, as set forth in the ICPD Programme of Action and, subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals.
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Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls: A UN Joint Statement

Its title, 'Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls,' describes the joint pledge by UNFPA, UNICEF, ILO, UNESCO, UNIFEM, and WHO to intensify support  to advance key policies and programmes that empower the hardest-to-reach adolescent girlsin developing countries, particularly those aged 10 to 14 years old.
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Beijing at 15

UNFPA and Partners Charting the Way Forward

UNFPA and partners have been working in coordination and concert to address the 12 Areas of Critical Concern endorsed at the Fourth World Conference on Women. This document highlights that work and progress made.
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Sexual & Reproductive Health and HIV

Linkages: Evidence Review & Recommendations

Strengthening the linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support is critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This systematic review of the literature on linkages between these two areas was conducted in order to gain a clearer understanding of the effectiveness, optimal circumstances, and best practices for strengthening such links. The findings corroborate the many benefits of linking policies, systems and services related to sexual and reproductive health and HIV.
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Rapid Assessment Tool for Sexual & Reproductive Health and HIV Linkages

A Generic Guide

This adaptable tool can be used to assess linkages betweeen HIV and sexual and reproductive health at the policy, systems and service-delivery levels. It is intended also to identify gaps and ultimately to contribute to the development of country-specific action plans to forge and strengthen these linkages.
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Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

Gateways to Integration: A Case Study From Serbia

The process of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV  needs to work in both directions: traditional sexual and reproductive health services need to integrate HIV interventions, and programmes set up to address the AIDS epidemic need to integrate more general services for sexual and reproductive health.
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Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

Gateways to Integration: A Case Study From Kenya

The process of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS needs to work in both directions: traditional sexual and reproductive health services need to integrate HIV/AIDS interventions, and programmes set up to address the AIDS epidemic need to integrate more general services for sexual and reproductive health.
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Prevention is for Life

HIV/AIDS: Dispatches from the Field

This advocacy booklet uses real-life examples to explain how HIV prevention can save lives in diverse cultural and geographical settings. It includes chapters on youth and HIV, condom programming, protecting women and girls, linking HIV prevention with other sexual and reproductive health care, and empowering populations who are at particular risk. It also features stories and stunning photography from Belize, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan.
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