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     <title>RAND Research Topic: South Africa</title>
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   <title type="html">Can Antiretroviral Therapy Prevent HIV/AIDS?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/aids-treatment-prevention.html</id>
   <published>Feb 18, 2011</published>
   <updated>Feb 18, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">Many complex issues surround the use of antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention. RAND Europe is partnering with several organisations on Mapping Pathways, a project that will explore potential treatment regimes and conduct research, community engagement, and policy work in the U.S., India, and South Africa.</summary>
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   <title type="html">International Comparison of Ten Medical Regulatory Systems: Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa and Spain</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR691.html</id>
   <published>May 18, 2009</published>
   <updated>May 18, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Improving Mass Delivery of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9442.html</id>
   <published>Apr 9, 2009</published>
   <updated>Apr 9, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Provides a summary of strategies for making access to antiretroviral therapy widespread, sustainable, more cost-effective, and efficient, while still providing quality care in sub-Saharan Africa.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Endorsement of a Genocidal HIV Conspiracy as a Barrier to HIV Testing in South Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080915.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2007</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Over 20% of South Africans aged 15-49 years are infected with HIV. Misinformation about the epidemic has arisen among black Africans, including genocidal conspiracy beliefs about the role of government and whites in causing the epidemic.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Formative Evaluation of Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071116.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2006</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;It is important for ART programs to develop effective mechanisms for coordinating and referring clients to support service organizations.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1602.html</id>
   <published>Jan 1, 2003</published>
   <updated>Jan 1, 2003</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state&amp;rsquo;s functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country&amp;rsquo;s ability to meet this emerging challenge.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">AIDS Can Threaten National Stability</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/commentary/2002/09/24/UPI.html</id>
   <published>Sep 24, 2002</published>
   <updated>Sep 24, 2002</updated>
   <summary type="html">Published commentary by RAND staff.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Fertility, education and resources in South Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP757.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 1998</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 1998</updated>
   <summary type="html">Fertility, education and resources in South Africa</summary>
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   <title type="html">Exploring income variations across traditional authorities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP700.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 1997</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 1997</updated>
   <summary type="html">Exploring income variations across traditional authorities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa</summary>
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   <title type="html">Fertility, Education and Resources in South Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU1508.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 1995</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 1995</updated>
   <summary type="html">Using household survey data, collected as part of the Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development, the paper examines some of the mechanisms that underlie the negative association between fertility and education.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Education across generations in South Africa</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP535.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 1995</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 1995</updated>
   <summary type="html">Education across generations in South Africa</summary>
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   <title type="html">The Economic Development of South Africa in Its Political Context.</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3534.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 1966</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 1966</updated>
   <summary type="html">A survey of South Africa&apos;s economic development in the context of the internal and external political factors that have influenced its development and will affect its future.  Despite South Africa&apos;s rapid economic development during the past 50 years...</summary>
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