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Technical reports |
AIDS Epidemic Update 2009. In a joint publication, UNAIDS and WHO show epidemiological trends by regions worldwide.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_2009_en.pdf |
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The Face of Global Sex 2009. Sex and relationships education: assessing the gaps for Eastern European youth.
http://www.durexnetwork.org/en-GB/research/faceofglobalsex/Pages/Home.aspx |
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Integrating Gender into HIV and AIDS Programmes in the Health Sector. A WHO publication, which serves as a tool to improve responsiveness to women’s needs. It specifically aims at raising awareness of gender inequalities in accessing health services related to HIV and AIDS, and it provides practical applications of how best to address these injustices.
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/gender_hiv/en/index.html |
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Towards Universal Access: Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. This 2009 report, published by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF, provides a detailed picture of the efforts made in testing of and counseling on HIV and antiretroviral therapy among mostly vulnerable groups over the last few years.
http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/2009progressreport/en/index.html |
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A manual for integrating gender into reproductive health and HIV programs. This manual will help organizations to integrate gender equity into their programs, to improve reproductive health services and to offer individuals with better access to information so to increase their decision-making ability.
http://www.prb.org/pdf/ManualntegrGendr_Eng.pdf |
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UNAIDS guidance note on HIV and sex work. The guidance emphasizes the human right of sex workers while, at the same time, calling upon governments to create education and job opportunities for sex workers in order to enhance their choices for another remunerated activity.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/BaseDocument/2009/jc1696_guidance_note_hiv_and_sexwork_en.pdf |
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More positive living. A joint publication of WHO and Unicef that underlines the need to remove obstacles and improve prevention, support, treatment and care for the over 5 million adolescents affected by HIV in this world. The report includes several moving drawings that vividly portray the emotions of young women.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9789241597098/en/index.html |
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There Can Be a New Life - Prison Brochure for Bosnia & Herzegovina |

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HIV and STI Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Report for Kosova – 2006. This study, the first of its kind ever conducted in Kosova, supports the objectives of the HIV / AIDS Prevention Strategy; it creates a solid foundation and a new perspective for future studies |

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Behavior Study on HIV and AIDS with Young People in Kosova – 2008. The United Nations Kosovo Team developed this study to support the HIV response interventions in Kosova, putting a particular emphasis on HIV prevention for young people
http://www.unicef.org/kosovo/UNKT_Eng_Final.pdf |
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Istazivanja. Research results among vulnerable populations in Serbia. |

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National Youth Strategy of Albania for 2007 to 2013. With this document, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports aims at the creation of effective channels for youngsters in Albania to contribute to the strengthening of the economy, governance and their own quality of life by encouraging them to participate in decision-making processes.
http://www.unicef.org/albania/protection_699.html |
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National HIV and AIDS Strategy of Serbia for 2005 to 2010. A national strategy to fight against HIV / AIDS developed by the Ministry of Health in Serbia.
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HIV and AIDS Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support in Prison
Settings
http://www.unodc.org/documents/hiv-aids/V0855768.pdf
http://www.unodc.org/documents/hiv-aids/HIV-AIDS_prisons_Oct06.pdf |
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Status Paper on Prisons, Drugs and Harm Reduction - May 2005 |

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AIDS and
gender relations – Men matter! AIDS, gender
and masculinities Does the AIDS
epidemic, in all its destructive power, also
hold the potential to transform gender
relations and open up new ideas of
masculinity?
This issue was
addressed in May 2007 report commissioned by
Sida HIV/ AIDS Secretariat. If you are
interested to learn more on this please
follow the
PDF link
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HIV / AIDS treatment and care. Clinical protocols
for the WHO European Region - 2007 |

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Plan to Stop TB in 18 High-priority Countries in the
WHO European Region, 2007–2015 |

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Being positive:
experiences from Serbia and Montenegro Documenting
the daily experiences of people living with
HIV in both Serbia and Montenegro the
booklet aims to improve the understanding of
the reality of being HIV positive within the
region. The information comes from a
prospective qualitative study that the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine in collaboration with Serbian
researchers conducted amongst people living
with HIV from 2006-2007. The booklet is
available in both English and Serbian
language.
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HIV treatment
access, delivery and uncertainty: a
qualitative study in Serbia and in
Montenegro
The
findings of a qualitative study done in
Serbia and Montenegro in 2005-2006 by the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine. The study found that fragile
delivery of treatment undermined the
capacity people living with HIV to manage
their illness, limited their quality of life
and reduced their involvement in HIV
community action. The study is available in
both English and Serbian language.
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AIDS epidemic update - December 2009 The AIDS
epidemic update reports on the latest developments
in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition
provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s
scope and human toll and explores new trends in the
epidemic’s evolution.
http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArchive/2009/default.asp |
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The Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Prisons in
Europe and Central Asia
The Dublin Declaration
provides a framework for mounting an
effective response to HIV and AIDS in the prisons of
Europe and Central Asia.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/dublin_declaration_2004.pdf
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Sexual and reproductive health of
women living with HIV/AIDS
Guidelines on care,
treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS
and their children in resource-constrained settings.
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UNAIDS Policy Position Paper: Intensifying HIV
Prevention
The primary goal of this paper is to energize and
mobilize an intensification of HIV prevention with
an ultimate aim of universal access to HIV
prevention and treatment. The paper defines the
central actions that must be taken to arrest the
spread of new HIV infections and to turn the tide
against AIDS.
http://www.unfpa.org/public/pid/1326 |
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STRATEGIC BEHAVIORAL COMMUNICATION (SBC) for HIV and
AIDS (A Framework)
The purpose of this paper is to introduce strategic
behavioral communication (SBC), a term that will
replace behavior change communication (BCC), which
previously described all communicationrelated
components of FHI’s HIV/AIDS interventions. This
paper also provides an in-depth description of the
functions of SBC in the context of HIV/AIDS
programming, SBC’s guiding principles and process,
and the benefits it can offer across different
programmatic areas. |

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National AIDS Strategies
The National AIDS Strategy for each of the
participating countries of the Programme can be
found by clicking on the AIDS ribbon. |
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