The convergence of American and Nigerian religious conservatism in a biopolitical shaping of Nigeria's HIV/AIDS prevention programmes [PDF]
, 2013 Nigeria has the largest number of HIV/AIDS cases in West Africa, with 3.3 million people estimated to be living with the disease. The country remains a fragile democratic state and has allocated insufficient resources to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS ...
Jappah, JV
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Governance and transparency at PEPFAR
The Lancet Global Health, 2014 The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been one of the most effective foreign aid programmes in history. It reached 6.7 million people with antiretroviral therapy in 2013, and has also strengthened country health systems, provided billions of dollars in aid to prevention programmes, and helped to drive substantial declines in ...
Matthew M Kavanagh, Brook K Baker
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Costs, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of ovc interventions [PDF]
, 2010 This item is archived in the repository for materials published for the USAID supported Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research Project (OVC-CARE) at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.More than 1 out of ...
Larson, Bruce
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Supporting the massive scale-up of antiretroviral therapy: the evolution of PEPFAR-supported treatment facilities in South Africa, 2005-2009 [PDF]
, 2012 Background South Africa has an estimated 1.5 million persons in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART). In 2004, the South African government began collaborating with the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to increase access ...
Elysia Larson +4 more
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South-South cooperation in health professional education : a literature review [PDF]
, 2017 In the literature on the evolution of funding approaches there is criticism of traditional funding strategies and the promotion of inclusive models, such as South-South Cooperation (SSC) and triangular models.
Couper, Ian +3 more
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‘Once upon a time …’ Orphanhood, childhood studies and the depoliticisation of childhood poverty in southern Africa [PDF]
, 2015 Policy, interventions and research concerning southern African children remain dominated by a focus on AIDS-related orphanhood, although the association between orphanhood and disadvantage is highly questionable. I argue that the trope of the AIDS orphan
Ansell, N
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Engagement Amid Austerity: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget [PDF]
, 2012 Examines trends that influence U.S. foreign aid and proposes reforms to better target economic and security assistance, transition ownership of PEPFAR to host countries, overhaul food aid, and establish an international affairs realignment ...
Connie Veillette, John Norris
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Millennium development goal 6 and HIV infection in Zambia : what can we learn from successive household surveys? [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Geographic location represents an ecological measure of HIV status and is a strong predictor of HIV prevalence. Given the complex nature of location effects, there is limited understanding of their impact on policies to reduce HIV prevalence.
Brodish, Paul +4 more
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PEPFAR Public Health Evaluation-Care and Support -Phase I Kenya [PDF]
, 2009 Phase 1, a survey of 120 care facilities in Kenya and Uganda, found that over 90% of facilities provided some level of clinical, psychological,and preventive care. Pain control was very limited with paracetamol often the only analgesic.
Eve Namisango +9 more
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