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The Institutionalization of Global AIDS and the Creation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

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In this paper, the authors focus on the creation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and how this new formation set about institutionalizing a global AIDS perspective.
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This chapter focuses on the creation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and how this new formation set about institutionalizing a global AIDS perspective. The chapter considers the main motivations behind this creation, which included the need to create a coherent and shared understanding of HIV, together with a coordinated policy framework to bring together different technical and political capacities for coherent policy intervention in multiple country contexts. The chapter argues that this process of creating a shared understanding of expected outcomes led to a shared understanding of the disease laying the foundations for the politics of Global AIDS.

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Epidemiologic and clinical findings of children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in four provinces of Iran

TL;DR: A high frequency of pediatric HIV among children aged 5–15 years in four provinces of Iran is demonstrated and novel strategies to prevent and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, diagnostic facilities, and treatment of infected mothers during pregnancy are highly recommended.
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The Epidemiology of HIV Among Sex Workers Around the World: Implications for Research, Programmes, and Policy

TL;DR: The global HIV burden among sex workers is described; the factors and determinants that influence the HIV burden; intervention coverage and gaps to reduce HIV-related inequities faced by sex workers, over the past decade; and community empowerment approaches have reduced the odds of HIV infection.
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High risk sexual behaviours associated with traditional beliefs about gender roles among men interested in medical male circumcision in South Africa.

TL;DR: For example, the authors found that men with traditional beliefs on gender roles were more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour and could be good candidates for HIV prevention programs, and that traditional beliefs about gender roles may be associated with high risk sexual behaviour.
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Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection at University of Gondar Specialized Referral Hospital: Northwest Ethiopia.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 81 individuals, and a non-randomized purposive sampling technique was used to determine the seroprevalence and associated factors of HBV and HCV among HIV-positive study participants.
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An overview on the 2008 UNAIDS Report on the 2008 UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.

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The Culture of Public Problems: Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order

TL;DR: Gusfield as mentioned in this paper argues that the "myth of the killer drunk" is a creation of the public culture of law and that the public law strengthens the illusion of moral consensus in American society and celebrates the virtues of a sober and orderly world.
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