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Book HIV Policy Formulation and Strategic Planning for the Communication Transportation Post Construction and Tourism Sectors Lao People s Democratic Republic

Download or read book HIV Policy Formulation and Strategic Planning for the Communication Transportation Post Construction and Tourism Sectors Lao People s Democratic Republic written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Land Transport HIV Vulnerability

Download or read book Land Transport HIV Vulnerability written by and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Population Movement Development and HIV AIDS

Download or read book Population Movement Development and HIV AIDS written by Lee-Nah Hsu and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Health Without Borders

    Health Without Borders

    Book Details:
  • Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Publisher : United Nations Publications
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9789211204995
  • Pages : 90 pages

Download or read book Health Without Borders written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long distance road transport workers are vulnerable to an array of health risks, including HIV/ AIDS. This report gives a detailed overview of the Health without Borders project, which aims to improve the health of long-distance transport workers by strengthening understanding of the health concerns of the target group., implementing interventions and advancing relevant policy framework.

Book Population Mobility and Infectious Disease

Download or read book Population Mobility and Infectious Disease written by Yorghos Apostolopoulos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complex roles of mobile, transient, and displaced populations in the worldwide spread of disease. While biomedical events cause disease, social forces such as poverty and marginalization magnify them by giving them opportunities to take hold. From Katrina to Darfur, and from influenza to AIDS, an expert panel of health and social scientists brings the social context of epidemics into clear focus.

Book Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa

Download or read book Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.

Book Taming HIV AIDS on Africa s Roads

Download or read book Taming HIV AIDS on Africa s Roads written by Antoine Lema and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Findings of international studies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic at work places suggest that, the transport sector is a major vector for the disease. The reason is simple. People working in the transport sector are mobile, they spend weeks and months away from their families and their homes and many satisfy their sexual needs "on the road." Migration, short-term or long-term, increases opportunities for sexual relationships with multiple partners, transforming transport routes to critical links in the propagation of HIV/AIDS. International studies also suggest that long-haul truck drivers are the highest risk group in the road sector. Clearly, social capital is at risk. In Africa, studies assessing the relationship between transport and HIV/AIDS are still partial and embryonic. Yet, situational analyses undertaken to date suggest that HIV/AIDS has become a major threat to the social capital of the transport sector and to transport operations, but few actions are taken to address the insurgence of the pandemic. Nonetheless, investing adequately in combating HIV/AIDS in Africa is now a precondition for all other development investments to succeed. The transport sector faces four major challenges: 1) Reduction of social capital 2) Poor safeguard policies addressing HIV/AIDS at work places 3) Absence of standard HIV/AIDS clauses in works contracts 4) Limited sector analytical work on HIV/AIDS. These challenges can be addressed. Committed leadership, continuous dialogue with clients, and strategic partnerships could make a difference.

Book Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms

Download or read book Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms written by Ernesto Sánchez-Triana and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies reforms that can help manage environmental priority problems associated with transport’s impacts on air quality, noise pollution, road safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urban sprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the Government of Pakistan’s 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its strategic objectives. Appendixes A–D present additional background information, describe the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report, and detail the report’s methodology. This analytical work by a team of World Bank specialists focuses on: • analyzing the policy and institutional adjustments required to address environmental, social, and poverty aspects of increased transportation efficiency in Pakistan; • identifying policy options for the Government of Pakistan to better serve the population, to enhance social cohesion, and to foster equitable benefit sharing with low-income or other vulnerable groups; • developing a broad participatory process to give a voice to stakeholders who could be affected by enhancements of freight transport productivity; and • making robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation infrastructure.

Book Transport Sector Report

Download or read book Transport Sector Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This sector report forms part of a regional assessment commissioned by USAID entitled Regional Assessment on HIV-prevention Needs of Migrants and Mobile Populations in Southern Africa, which examines the migration patterns and the HIV vulnerabilities faced by migrants and mobile workers in the southern African region. The Regional Assessment examined the transport sector in the following countries: Angola, Namibia and South Africa. This report investigates the specific challenges faced by mobile populations working in the transport sector in accessing HIV prevention services. It identifies opportunities for programming and prioritizes key activities that should be pursued in the region so as to lessen the overall HIV vulnerabilities of migrants, mobile workers and the communities with which they interact"--p. 5.

Book Development Spatial Mobility and HIV AIDS

Download or read book Development Spatial Mobility and HIV AIDS written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the presentations and discussions at the UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Programme and CICRED joint workshop on interrelations between development, spatial mobility and HIV/AIDS.

Book Improving Effectiveness and Outcomes for the Poor in Health Nutrition and Population

Download or read book Improving Effectiveness and Outcomes for the Poor in Health Nutrition and Population written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluates the effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) in developing countries from 1997 to 2008 - totaling more than $17 billion - and distills lessons for greater impact in the future. It finds that the Bank Group now funds a smaller share of global support for HNP than a decade ago, but its support remains substantial and adds considerable value. About two-thirds of the Bank's HNP support has had satisfactory outcomes, often in difficult environments. But in a number of country settings, particularly in Africa, it has not performed well, in part due to high complexity and weak capacity. Only half of HNP support had a pro-poor focus, while support to reduce high fertility and promote family planning has dwindled. The evaluation highlights the contribution of investments in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene to improving the health of the poor and the lessons from support for sector-wide approaches, communicable disease control, and health reform. Moving forward, the World Bank needs to improve the performance of its HNP support and the Bank and IFC need to take actions to ensure their support reaches the poor and contributes greater social benefits, respectively.