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Bangladesh
     
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Educating Women for HIV Prevention: Does Exposure to Mass Media Make Them More Knowledgeable?
 Jesmin SS, Chaudhuri S, Abdullah S.
Health Care Women Int. 2013 Mar;34(3-4):303-3
 Abstract
Cambodia
 

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Becoming a person with HIV: experiences of Cambodian women infected by their spouses.
Yang Y, Wojnar D, Lewis FM.
Cult Health Sex. 2015 Aug 18:1-12.
Abstract
China
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
HIV/AIDS-related Knowledge and Behaviors Among Rural Married Migrant Women in Shandong Province, China: A Comparison Study.
Song Y, Kang D, Wang G,  et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Oct 17.
 Abstract

Fatigue and sleep disturbance in HIV-positive women: a qualitative and biomedical approach.
 Chen WT, Lee SY, Shiu CS,  et al
J Clin Nurs. 2012 Dec 28.
 Abstract

HPV Prevalence and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia among HIV-infected Women in Yunnan Province, China:
A Pilot Study.
Zhang HY, Tiggelaar SM, Sahasrabuddhe VV, et al
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(1):91-6.
 Abstract

India
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Relationships Among Adherence and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural India.
 Nyamathi A, Ekstrand M, Heylen E,L et al
AIDS Behav. 2016 Dec 19
 Abstract

Pathways That Affect Wives' HIV Risk Among Serodiscordant Couples in India: Results From the Positive Jeevan Saathi Study.
Patel SN, Hennink MM, Hynes ME,  et al
Qual Health Res. 2016 Feb 4. 
Abstract

Contraceptive Use and Unintended Pregnancies Among HIV-Infected Women in Mumbai.
Joshi B, Velhal G, Chauhan S, Kulkarni R
Indian J Community Med. 2015 Jul-Sep;40(3):168-73.
 Abstract

Reframing Menstruation in India: Metamorphosis of the Menstrual Taboo With the Changing Media Coverage.
 Yagnik AS.
Health Care Women Int. 2013 Oct 24.
Abstract

 HIV in Females: A Clinico-epidemiological Study.
Padyana M, Bhat RV, Dinesha, Nawaz A.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2013 Apr;2(2):149-52.
Abstract

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 Falling through the cracks: a qualitative study of HIV risks among women who use drugs and alcohol in Northeast India.
 Kermode M, Sono CZ, Songput CH, Devine A.
BMC In Health Hum Rights. 2013 Jan 29;13(1):9
 Paper

Correlation of partial env gene sequences with disease progression parameters in HIV-positive
pregnant women from India.
Singh S, Khare S, Prasad S,  et al 
Med Microbiol Immunol. 2012 Jan 25.
 Abstract

Symptom Screening Among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Is Acceptable and Has High Negative Predictive Value for Active Tuberculosis.
Gupta A, Chandrasekhar A, Gupte N,  et al
 Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 21.
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Declining HIV prevalence among women attending antenatal care in Pune, India.
 Kulkarni V, Joshi S, Gupte N,  et al
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;105(6):315-9.
 Abstract

Factors associated with HIV infection among Indian women.
Ghosh P, Arah OA, Talukdar A, et al  
Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Mar;22(3):140-5
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Challenges Experienced by Rural Women in India Living With AIDS and Implications for the Delivery
of HIV/AIDS Care.
Nyamathi AM, Sinha S, Ganguly KK,  et al
Health Care Women Int. 2011 Apr;32(4):300-13
 Abstract
Indonesia
     

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women with HIV in Indonesia: are they bridging a concentrated epidemic to the wider community?
Rahmalia A, Wisaksana R, Meijerink H,  et al
 BMC Res Notes. 2015 Dec 9;8(1):757.
 Paper

Coping Versus Grieving in a ‘Death-accepting’ Society: AIDS-Bereaved Women Living with
HIV in Indonesia.
Damar AP, du Plessis G.
J Asian Afr Stud. 2010;45(4):424-31.
 Abstract
Japan
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 A human immunodeficiency virus screening algorithm to address the high rate of
false-positive results in pregnant women in Japan.
Shima-Sano T, Yamada R, Sekita K,  et al
PLoS One. 2010 Feb 23;5(2):e9382.
 Paper
Nepal
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Vulnerability of Wives of Nepalese Labor Migrants to HIV Infection: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence.
Thapa S, Bista N, Hannes K, Buve A, et al
Women Health. 2015 Dec 2.
Abstract

Vulnerability to HIV/STIs among rural women from migrant communities in Nepal: a
health and human rights framework.
Smith-Estelle A, Gruskin S.
Reprod Health Matters. 2003 Nov;11(22):142-51.
Abstract
Pakistan
             

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV among women and children in Pakistan.
 Raees MA, Abidi SH, Ali W, et al
Trends Microbiol. 2013 May;21(5):213-4
 Abstract		  
Taiwan
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Increased frequency of genital human papillomavirus infection in human
immunodeficiency virus-seropositive Taiwanese women.
Chen MJ, Wu MY, Yang JH,  
Formos Med Assoc. 2005 Jan;104(1):34-38.
 Abstract
Thailand
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Local Discourse on Antiretrovirals and the Lived Experience of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Thailand.
Liamputtong P, Haritavorn N, Kiatying-Angsulee N.
Qual Health Res. 2014 Sep 11
 Abstract

Prevalence of Abnormal Anal Cytology in HIV-Infected Women: a Hospital-Based Study.
Pittyanont S, Yuthavisuthi P, Sananpanichkul P,  et al
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(15):6405-9.
 Abstract

My life as Mae Tid Chua [mothers who contracted HIV disease]: Motherhood and women living with HIV/AIDS in central Thailand.
Liamputtong P, Haritavorn N.
 Midwifery. 2014 Apr 24.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Association of Nevirapine Levels with Rash or Hepatotoxicity Among HIV-Infected Thai Women.
 Ratanasuwan W, Jariyasethpong T, Anekthananon T,  et al
Open AIDS J. 2012;6:266-73 . 
Paper
Age at menopause and menopause-related symptoms in human immunodeficiency virus-infected Thai women.
 Boonyanurak P, Bunupuradah T, Wilawan K,  et al
Menopause. 2012 Apr 30.
 Abstract

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Female condom: achieving innovative measure for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Thailand
 S. Saithong
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Viet Nam
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Secular trends in HIV knowledge and attitudes among Vietnamese women based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2000, 2006, and 2011: what do we know and what should we do to protect them?
Van Huy N, Lee HY, et al 
Glob Health Action. 2016 Feb 29;9:29247.
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Vietnamese Women's Struggle to Access Antiretroviral Drugs in a Context of Free Treatment.
 Nguyen NT, Rasch V, Bygbjerg IC, Mogensen HO.
Health Care Women Int. 2013 Mar;34(3-4):209-26.
 Abstract

Women living with HIV in Vietnam: desire for children, use of sexual and reproductive health services, and advice from providers.
 Messersmith LJ, Semrau K, Anh TL, et al  
Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):27-38.
 Abstract

Pursuing Treatment and Moral Worth: HIV-Infected Women in a Northern Province of Vietnam Living With Antiretroviral Therapy.
Nguyen NT, Rasch V, Bygbjerg IC, Mogensen HO.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2011 Sep 17.
Abstract

Factors Associated with the Failure to Seek HIV Care and Treatment Among
HIV-Positive Women in a Northern Province of Vietnam.
Nam NT, Bygbjerg IC, Mogensen HO, Rasch V.
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 May 3.
 Abstract

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