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Source #1:

UNAIDS. (2015). TB and HIV concept note. Retrieved February 9, 2017, fromhttp://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/country/documents/XXX_narrative_report_2015.pdf

This is a 111 page document, accessible through the UNAIDS website, that covers many areas of discussion regarding HIV/AIDS, including the common co-infection which occurs; tuberculosis. This document discusses the most recent data about the incidence, prevalence, transmittance, and characteristics of the people living with HIV/AIDS in XXXX, as well as offering data from past years in order to give the reader a complete picture of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country since the 1990’s. This document identifies the three largest risk groups for contracting HIV/AIDS; injection drug users, female sex workers, and men who have sex with men, further establishing the theme which has been apparent in the other studies about HIV/AIDS in XXXXX. An overview of the government’s most current plan to combat HIV/AIDS is also provided, along with the goals they hope to reach by 2030 and the current barriers to success they are facing, such as low levels of civic involvement.

This document is an important resource for the paper I intend to write because it offers a wide range of information, including incidence and prevalence rates, which provinces are most affected and the geography of these regions (Community Level), what the government’s current stance regarding HIV/AIDS is (Public Policy and Institutional Level), the behaviors that put people most at risk (Individual Level), and much, much more. Because of the breadth and depth of the information offered in this source, it will be used frequently throughout my paper to not only establish a history of HIV/AIDS in XXXX, but common themes, barriers to effective policies, and factors that relate to the socioecological model. This document is from UNAIDS, which is a program headed by the United Nations and is considered a reputable source for information; this is my one online/website source for this bibliography.