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Case Study
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There continues to be a tremendous focus on enrolling people in treatment programs and ensuring that they remain in care. This case study examines |
Although many in Ecuador do not recognize the link between gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV, the Ministry of Public Health has made an effort to |
Gender-based violence (GBV) is widely recognized as both a cause and a consequence of HIV infection. To help program managers integrate GBV prevent |
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A complex matrix of factors, such as low literacy, early sexual initiation, and limited economic opportunities, increases the vulnerability of wome |
Family Planning Integration Documents
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In recent years, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has made some significant improvements in health outcomes. The country is on track |
Uganda has enjoyed relative stability, has achieved economic reform, and has had many political and social advances since 1986, under President Yow |
Tanzania, with an unbroken record of political stability and abundant natural resources, is a key partner of the United States in East Africa. In r |
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Rwanda is one of the most densely populated, poorest countries in Africa. The 1994 genocide fueled the spread of HIV infection, with thousands of s |
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, and although it enjoys considerable oil and gas resources, its health indicators are among the worst in t |
Malawi is a small, land-locked country in Southern Africa. The latest estimates of Malawi’s health workforce in the 2000s demonstrate a critical sh |
Promising Practice
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Between July 2004 and July 2005, a research team discussed with girls and women individually and in focus groups the "wayo" sy |
Biruh Tesfa addresses vulnerabilities of migrant adolescent girls who have relocated to urban areas and are at risk of coerced |
HIV Prevention Knowledge Base Entry
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Providing family planning services to women with HIV who wish to postpone or avoid pregnancy can prevent vertical transmission of HIV from mother t |
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) aims to prevent acquisition of HIV through use of antiretroviral (ARV) agents before potential exposure to HIV. Sev |
Microbicides are products formulated for individuals to apply topically (vaginally or rectally) to reduce their risk of HIV and possibly other sexu |
Technical Consultation Material
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May 2010, Washington, DC - At this consultation, country delegates along with invited research, program, and gender-based violence experts |
Report
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A gender assessment was conducted in Kyrgyzstan to inform and guide the design and formulation of the PEPFAR/Central Asia Region gender strategy. T |
Because gender-based violence (GBV) is widely recognized as both a cause and a consequence of HIV infection, the President's Emergency Plan for AID |
Spotlight
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Quarraisha Abdool Karim calls on implementers to “push the paradigm,” amplifying promising approaches to HIV prevention among young sub-Saharan wom |
Technical Brief
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Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major problem throughout the world, and the intersection
capacity building, community engagement, community mobilization, facility-level interventions, gender norms, gender-based violence (GBV), household-level interventions, human rights, livelihoods, male norms, mass media, peer outreach and education, policy, violence and coercion, women, workplace policies and programs
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While gender, poverty, and gender-based violence alone do not define HIV risk, they increase women’s vulnerability. Gender-responsive economic em |
Tools and Curricula
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This guide serves as a tool for program managers to not only begin to address GBV within their programs, but also to plan for greater integration a |
This compendium describes how 31 programs in Africa are using gender strategies to improve HIV services and reduce vulnerability to HIV infection. |
Health Policy Initiative Document
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This success story focuses on how the first-ever registered NGO for HIV-positive women in Mexico promotes empowerment and networking. |
This brief provides an overview of the activities to combat gender-based violence (GBV) being implemented by the Health Policy Initiative in Tanzan |
This literature and program review focuses on programs to prevent HIV infection among vulnerable female adolescents and the general population—inc |
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This document summarizes the process that resulted in the design and validation of two resources developed by HPI | TO1. |
This training manual aims to educate religious leaders and communities about how they can come together to end violence against women. |
This report reviews Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) policies for sexual assault. |
