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The objective of this paper was to describe the distribution of tuberculosis (TB) mortality by area in the municipality of Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil, from 1994 to 1998, and to evaluate its statistical...
Specific objectives of the study were:1. What government policies and programmes were in place to ensure the rights of olderpersons in Lesotho and where policy and service gaps exist in the...
Conflict, displacement, food insecurity and poverty make affected populations more vulnerable to HIV transmission. However, the common assumption that this vulnerability necessarily translates...
Conflicts can create conditions that increase the risk of contracting infections such as HIV, and may also lead to their spread. In some cases, armed conflict increases HIV levels or changes HIV...
These policy guidelines are to provide guidance on responding to HIV/AIDS in humanitarian actions. They are structured in the following way: Section I gives a background, including an overview of...
The interconnections between conflict and HIV/AIDS are more complex and less obvious than is often thought. HIV/AIDS affects the lives of many: those people caught up in conflict, those who are...
During war and conflict, civilians are often subjected to mass displacement, human rights abuses, including sexual violence, and are left in conditions of poverty that might force them to use...
The argument that there is a link between conflict and the spread of HIV has become commonplace in both the academic and policy world. This article examines five key reasons offered for this link...
In affiliation with XVI International AIDS Conference held in Toronto in August 2006, the HIV/AIDS, Conflict and Displacement session hosted by UNICEF and UNHCR, turned the focus of discussion on...
The emergence of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the mid-1990s and their improved accessibility in developing countries since the United Nations 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (Joint U.N...